Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 23:26:24 +0300 From: veedee@c7.campus.utcluj.ro Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: 1024 bit key considered insecure (sshd) Message-ID: <20020828232624.A9280@c7.campus.utcluj.ro> In-Reply-To: <20020828200748.90964.qmail@mail.com>; from skrueger@europe.com on Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 09:07:47PM %2B0100 References: <20020828200748.90964.qmail@mail.com>
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On Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 09:07:47PM +0100, Stefan Krüger wrote: > Hi folks, > > I've just read: > > http://www.counterpane.com/crypto-gram-0204.html#3 and > http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/263924 > > and maybe we should update our rc scripts, > so that ssh-keygen generates at least 1280 Bit keys Just out of curiosity, can anyone with access to a gigabit network run some tests and tell us the difference between using several different keys? Like 1024, 1280, 2048, 4096. I'm curious if a bigger key really slows down the operation as Bruce Schneier implies ("Doubling the key size roughly corresponds to a six-times speed slowdown in software"). -- Radu Bogdan RUSU | veedee@c7.campus.utcluj.ro NSA/P @ campus.utcluj.ro | http://c7.campus.utcluj.ro/~veedee To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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