[TLS] Peter Gutmann on why RSA-PSS is worse than PKCS v1.5

"Salz, Rich" <rsalz@akamai.com> Wed, 18 December 2019 20:14 UTC

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From: "Salz, Rich" <rsalz@akamai.com>
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Subject: [TLS] Peter Gutmann on why RSA-PSS is worse than PKCS v1.5
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For those not on the cryptography mailing list, here’s some holiday reading from the inimitable Peter Gutmann
                https://www.metzdowd.com/pipermail/cryptography/2019-November/035449.html