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Re: Some comments on the use of DH in S/MIME

1998-12-21 09:56:30
EKR <ekr(_at_)rtfm(_dot_)com> writes:
I don't agree with your characterization that a DH static key is
'insecure due to reuse'. While it's true that a common group makes
common group, because fewer computations are required to actually send
a message, the group can be substantially larger while still retaining
good performance.
Ooops. This should read:

I don't agree with your characterization that a DH static key is
'insecure due to reuse'.  While it's true that a common group makes an
attractive target, because fewer computations are required to actually
send a message, the group can be substantially larger while still
retaining good performance.

-Ekr


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[Eric Rescorla                                   ekr(_at_)rtfm(_dot_)com]