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

Michael Sweet <msweet@apple.com> Wed, 05 November 2014 10:55 UTC

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Subject: Re: [TLS] STRAW POLL: Size of the Minimum FF DHE group
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Um, I'm no TLS expert but I do know that 2432 (0x980) is not a power of 2.

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> On Nov 5, 2014, at 4:01 AM, Bodo Moeller <bmoeller@acm.org> wrote:
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> Peter Gutmann <pgut001@cs.auckland.ac.nz>:
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>> If the only choice is between 2048 and 24something then I'll go with 2048.
>> What's the significance of 24something anyway?
> 
> 2048 = 0x0800
> 2432 = 0x0980
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> I.e., the authors of the 2012 ECRYPT II Yearly Report on Algorithms and Keysize still are fond of powers of two.
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