Re: [Cryptography] RSA equivalent key length/strength

2013-09-30 Thread David Kuehling
> "James" == James A Donald writes: > Gregory Maxwell on the Tor-talk list has found that NIST approved > curves, which is to say NSA approved curves, were not generated by the > claimed procedure, which is a very strong indication that if you use > NIST curves in your cryptography, NSA can r

Re: [Cryptography] RSA equivalent key length/strength

2013-09-24 Thread David Kuehling
> "Patrick" == Patrick Pelletier writes: > On 9/14/13 11:38 AM, Adam Back wrote: >> Tin foil or not: maybe its time for 3072 RSA/DH and 384/512 ECC? > I'm inclined to agree with you, but you might be interested/horrified > in the "1024 bits is enough for anyone" debate currently unfolding o