1994-05-10 - 1024 limit…
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From: perry@bacon.imsi.com (Perry E. Metzger)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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Raw Date: Tue, 10 May 94 14:30:49 PDT
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From: perry@bacon.imsi.com (Perry E. Metzger)
Date: Tue, 10 May 94 14:30:49 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: 1024 limit...
Message-ID: <9405102130.AA27830@bacon.imsi.com>
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Hmmm... This was from the newfor24.doc file -- NOT the newfor25.doc
file! -- included in the pgp25 distribution.
>- Number of bits allowed when generating keys limited to 1024, in line
> with the limits in RSAREF and BSAFE. It used to be higher, but
> folks, if you think you need a key larger than that, do some research
> into the complexity of factoring.
I'm sure patches to fix this bit of fascism will show up soon.
Perry
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- 1994-05-10 (Tue, 10 May 94 14:30:49 PDT) - 1024 limit… - perry@bacon.imsi.com (Perry E. Metzger)
- 1994-05-11 (Tue, 10 May 94 21:34:10 PDT) - Re: 1024 limit… - Nathan Loofbourrow <loofbour@cis.ohio-state.edu>