On Nov 4, 2011, at 12:14 AM, Markku-Juhani O. Saarinen wrote:
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> From: Jon Callas
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>> People should get off of 80-bit crypto as soon as is reasonably possible.
>> This means RSA 1024, SHA-1, etc. NIST recommended doing this by the end of
>> 2010, but are now ho
On Nov 3, 2011, at 9:08 PM, Watson Ladd wrote:
> Dear all,
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> Recently Zooko forwarded an email asking why we have to migrate. I am
> outlining the reasons in this email why I believe Tor needs to
> use stronger cryptography very soon.
>
> Tor currently uses RSA-1024 bit keys for OR public ide
Zooko forwarded a hash question over to the SHA-3 competition mailing list, and
mentioned the discussion that has been going on here. He's going to forward
over comments that I made and John Kelsey made. Nonetheless, I'd like to offer
some comments on what I've read in a larger context.
I don't