1995-11-09 - Re: Photuris Primality verification needed

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From: Phil Karn <karn@qualcomm.com>
To: ylo@cs.hut.fi
Message Hash: 0433fb7c70f2631493f2cc90f94ba11ba1324d54833f03af4a4af22e7c7c0b1b
Message ID: <199511090347.TAA04403@servo.qualcomm.com>
Reply To: <199511081833.TAA10801@soikko.cs.hut.fi>
UTC Datetime: 1995-11-09 04:13:09 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 9 Nov 1995 12:13:09 +0800

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From: Phil Karn <karn@qualcomm.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 1995 12:13:09 +0800
To: ylo@cs.hut.fi
Subject: Re: Photuris Primality verification needed
In-Reply-To: <199511081833.TAA10801@soikko.cs.hut.fi>
Message-ID: <199511090347.TAA04403@servo.qualcomm.com>
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>Including the provision for the 512 bit prime is *HARMFUL* and
>*DANGEROUS*.  Export control is not really an issue here, because if
>companies in the United States cannot provide secure networking,
>there are other companies in the world that can.

You've convinced me. I remove my proposal to include a recommended 512-bit
modulus. The smallest standard modulus will remain 1024-bits.

Phil





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