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

Bodo Moeller <bmoeller@acm.org> Wed, 05 November 2014 09:01 UTC

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Subject: Re: [TLS] STRAW POLL: Size of the Minimum FF DHE group
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Peter Gutmann <pgut001@cs.auckland.ac.nz>:

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

I.e., the authors of the 2012 ECRYPT II Yearly Report on Algorithms and
Keysize still are fond of powers of two.

Bodo

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