Probably worth keeping an eye on this new draft and the related
discussion on the TLS list...
http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-sheffer-tls-bcp-00
On 09/09/13 17:15, Kurt Roeckx wrote:
On Mon, Sep 09, 2013 at 11:29:19AM -0400, Stefan Arentz wrote:
On Sep 9, 2013, at 11:16 AM, Gervase Markham <g...@mozilla.org> wrote:
On 09/08/13 03:30, Brian Smith wrote:
Please see https://briansmith.org/browser-ciphersuites-01.html
This proposal promotes ECC.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/05/nsa-how-to-remain-secure-surveillance
Schneier: "Prefer conventional discrete-log-based systems over
elliptic-curve systems; the latter have constants that the NSA
influences when they can."
He elaborates in the comments:
"I no longer trust the constants. I believe the NSA has manipulated them
through their relationships with industry."
Does that affect your proposal?
Wasn't he talking about http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_EC_DRBG#Controversy ?
No, he actually said he doesn't trust any ECC, but on the other
hand said that we should probably move to at least 500 bit ECC.
Kurt
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