On Mon, 26 Mar 2012, Thierry Moreau wrote:
Florian Weimer wrote:
* Thierry Moreau:
The unusual public RSA exponent may well be an indication that the
signature key pair was generated by a software implementation not
encompassing the commonly-agreed (among number-theoreticians having
surveyed
On Mar 25, 2012, at 1:16 PM, Florian Weimer wrote:
* Thierry Moreau:
The unusual public RSA exponent may well be an indication that the
signature key pair was generated by a software implementation not
encompassing the commonly-agreed (among number-theoreticians having
surveyed the field)
On 03/22/2012 11:29 PM, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
Is there any benefit to using an exponent that factors? I always
thought low hamming weights and primality were the desired attributes
for public exponents. And I'm not sure about primality.
Not that I know of. At least Textbook RSA doesn't require
Jeffrey Walton noloa...@gmail.com writes:
Is there any benefit to using an exponent that factors? I always thought low
hamming weights and primality were the desired attributes for public
exponents. And I'm not sure about primality.
Seeing a CA put a key like this in a cert is a bit like walking
Jon Callas j...@callas.org writes:
On Mar 23, 2012, at 6:03 AM, Peter Gutmann wrote:
Jeffrey Walton noloa...@gmail.com writes:
Is there any benefit to using an exponent that factors? I always thought low
hamming weights and primality were the desired attributes for public
exponents. And I'm
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On Mar 23, 2012, at 6:39 AM, Peter Gutmann wrote:
Jon Callas j...@callas.org writes:
On Mar 23, 2012, at 6:03 AM, Peter Gutmann wrote:
Jeffrey Walton noloa...@gmail.com writes:
Is there any benefit to using an exponent that factors? I always
Adam Back a...@cypherspace.org writes:
I presume its implied (too much tongue in cheek stuff for my literal brain to
interpret) but a self-signed CA cert is a serious thing
Replying partially to this and partially to an off-list message about how do
we know it's genuine, look in your browser's
Please let me try to summarize.
I guess it is OK to infer from Adam explanations and Peter observation
about homegrown CA software implementations used by some CAs that ...
The unusual public RSA exponent may well be an indication that the
signature key pair was generated by a software
