Re: [TLS] STRAW POLL: Size of the Minimum FF DHE group

Bodo Moeller <bmoeller@acm.org> Wed, 05 November 2014 11:07 UTC

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Subject: Re: [TLS] STRAW POLL: Size of the Minimum FF DHE group
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Michael Sweet <msweet@apple.com>:

> Um, I'm no TLS expert but I do know that 2432 (0x980) is not a power of 2.
>

It's a small multiple of a power of 2.