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Re: Diffie-Hellman (note by Hugo)
> James P Hughes says:
> > 3. Over the lifetime of a standard (10 years or so), something that is
> > marginal because it is processor intensive now, and will be not at all too
> > expensive in the future. This is better than a standard that is just fine
> > now and not enough (compared to feasable other algorithms) in the future.
> I could not agree more. What seems slow now will seem trivial in five
> years.
One might note a corollary that what seems secure now will probably
seem less secure in 5 years. There's probably a crypto aphorism about
computational cost: no pain, no security. Encrypt 'til it hurts and always
leave room for larger numbers.
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