The bigger the key is, the longer (cpu cycle) it take to encrypt/decrypt ? Le jeudi 4 avril 2013, Bernard Tyers a écrit :
> Hi, > > Is there a reason 1024 bit keys, instead of something higher is not used? > Do higher bit keys affect host performance, or network latency? > > > Thanks, > Bernard > > > ---- > Written on my small electric gadget. Please excuse brevity and (probable) > misspelling. > > George Torwell <bpmcont...@gmail.com <javascript:;>> wrote: > > a second guess would be going after 1024 bit keys. > there is also a video on youtube from a recent con about the feasibility of > factoring them, <"fast hacks" or something like that> at the end, jacob > applebaum asks about it and they advise him to use longer keys or elliptic > curves crypto. > > _______________________________________________ > tor-talk mailing list > tor-talk@lists.torproject.org <javascript:;> > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk > _______________________________________________ tor-talk mailing list tor-talk@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk