Re: speaking of keys

[Paul Koning <pkoning@equallogic.com>]

>>>>> "Derrell" == Derrell Piper <ddp@electric-loft.org> writes:

 Derrell> What's the current state-of-the-art for COTS hardware
 Derrell> accelerators?  It was the case a few years back that many
 Derrell> public-key chips didn't do 1024 bit DH groups.  What's the 
 Derrell> story today?  Do we care?

I don't remember ever seeing an accelerator with a limit less than
1024 bits in recent years (since IPsec).  The only other case that
comes to mind is Rivest's research prototype bignum ALU chip, 512 bits
wide, early 1980s.

      paul