Re: [Cfrg] A little room for AES-192 in TLS?

Tony Arcieri <bascule@gmail.com> Tue, 17 January 2017 16:08 UTC

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From: Tony Arcieri <bascule@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2017 08:07:40 -0800
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Subject: Re: [Cfrg] A little room for AES-192 in TLS?
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On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 8:03 AM, William Whyte <
wwhyte@securityinnovation.com> wrote:

> What *should* CFRG be recommending as a 256-bit symmetric algorithm?
>

ChaCha20 uses a 256-bit key:

https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7539

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Tony Arcieri