Re: speaking of keys

[Paul Hoffman / VPNC <paul.hoffman@vpnc.org>]

At 10:45 AM -0800 12/13/02, Derrell Piper wrote:
>So do I.  Require support for 1024, 1536, and 2048.  And forbid 
>anything less than 1024.  This gives us maximal interoperability and 
>good security when you want to pay the price.

This would also show that we aren't very good at math. If we allow 
encryption mechanisms with keys of less than about 80 bits, we have 
to allow public keys that match those smaller sizes.

--Paul Hoffman, Director
--VPN Consortium