Re: speaking of keys

[Derrell Piper <ddp@electric-loft.org>]

I mistyped that, I meant >1024 bits and I was specifically thinking 
about the Hi/fn 6500.  I knew the Broadcom chips could do better, but I 
wasn't sure what the limits were...  2048 seems to be pretty common now.

Derrell

On Wednesday, December 11, 2002, at 09:56 AM, Paul Koning wrote:

>>>>>> "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
>