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

Michael Sweet <msweet@apple.com> Wed, 05 November 2014 12:03 UTC

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Subject: Re: [TLS] STRAW POLL: Size of the Minimum FF DHE group
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You can stretch the definition to say it's a non-integral power of 2 (2^11.2479), but any number fits that definition.

You could also say it is 19 x 2^7 or 1.1875 x 2^11.

But there is no solution for "2432 = 2^n" where "n" is an integer.

> On Nov 5, 2014, at 6:07 AM, Bodo Moeller <bmoeller@acm.org> wrote:
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> Michael Sweet <msweet@apple.com <mailto: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.
> 

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