Dave Howe [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I was under the impression they had just licenced their *patent*
Yup, and that's all they did. I've seen some downright bizarre
interpretations of this particular portent on the web (cough
slashdot/cough), but the simple fact is that the NSA, in its role as
On Sun, 26 Oct 2003 22:01:50 -0600 (CST)
J.A. Terranson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Am I the only one here who finds this requirement excessive? My god: are
we looking to keep these secrets for 50 years, or 5 (or more) years?
Or am I missing something?
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Yours,
J.A. Terranson
On Sun, 26 Oct 2003 22:01:50 -0600 (CST)
J.A. Terranson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Am I the only one here who finds this requirement excessive? My god: are
we looking to keep these secrets for 50 years, or 5 (or more) years?
Or am I missing something?
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Yours,
J.A. Terranson
Eugen Leitl wrote:
[1]Roland Piquepaille writes According to eWEEK, the National
Security Agency (NSA) has [2]picked a commercial solution for its
encryption technology needs, instead on relying on its own
proprietary code.
I was under the impression they had just licenced their
On Sun, 26 Oct 2003, Eugen Leitl wrote:
snip
In the case of the NSA deal, the agency
wanted to use a 512-bit key for the ECC system. This is the
equivalent of an RSA key of 15,360 bits.
Am I the only one here who finds this requirement excessive? My god: are
we looking to keep these
Eric Cordian wrote:
Nonetheless, it's an indication that they don't think RSA has much of
a future.
Not really - they could simply be covering all bases (supporting RSA, DH
and EC, knowing if DH is broken then almost certainly so is RSA (and vice
versa) leaving only EC to fill the gap)
The
David Howe writes:
I doubt the NSA need, trust or want anyone else's actual software for EC
Nonetheless, it's an indication that they don't think RSA has much of a
future. So now they have a public key cryptosystem with smaller key
lengths, and a more obtuse one-way function that can't be
On Sun, 26 Oct 2003, Eugen Leitl wrote:
snip
In the case of the NSA deal, the agency
wanted to use a 512-bit key for the ECC system. This is the
equivalent of an RSA key of 15,360 bits.
Am I the only one here who finds this requirement excessive? My god: are
we looking to keep these
