Re: speaking of keys

[Paul Koning <pkoning@equallogic.com>]

>>>>> "Paul" == Paul Hoffman </ VPNC <paul.hoffman@vpnc.org>> writes:

 Paul> 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.

 Paul> This would also show that we aren't very good at math. If we
 Paul> allow encryption mechanisms with keys of less than about 80
 Paul> bits, ...

Do we?  We shouldn't...  DES should be, at best, on the "deprecated"
list, and preferably on the "historic" list.

      paul