Via PRIVACY Forum: ----- Forwarded Message ----- > From: "PRIVACY Forum mailing list" <[email protected]>
> Google moving to longer SSL keys > > http://j.mp/10YAWaC (Google Online Security Blog) > > "This encryption needs to be updated at times to make it even > stronger, so this year our SSL services will undergo a series of > certificate upgrades-specifically, all of our SSL certificates > will be upgraded to 2048-bit keys by the end of 2013. We will > begin switching to the new 2048-bit certificates on August 1st, to > ensure adequate time for a careful rollout before the end of the > year. We're also going to change the root certificate that signs > all of our SSL certificates because it has a 1024-bit key." > > - - - > > I will note, however, that given the fundamental weaknesses in the > PKI -- especially relating to certificate authorities in general -- > even longer keys will not solve intrinsic problems that must be faced. > > --Lauren-- > Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren > _______________________________________________ > privacy mailing list > http://lists.vortex.com/mailman/listinfo/privacy Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink [email protected] Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA #natog +1 727 647 1274
