[tor-talk] Ask for RSA key size upgrade

andrew at torproject.is andrew at torproject.is
Fri Apr 6 01:07:46 UTC 2012


On Fri, Apr 06, 2012 at 12:06:28AM +0200, hardkor.info at gmail.com wrote 0.8K bytes in 26 lines about:
: I saw every RSA keys used in the onion network are 1024 bits long.
: As it's advised by the NIST and explained in the attachment of this email,
: it should not be called "secure".

See https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq.html.en#KeyManagement to start.

: I think the dev team of the Tor project should upgrade all default key
: sizes to 2048 bits (or 4096 bits if it's not a problem).

And then read
https://gitweb.torproject.org/torspec.git/blob/HEAD:/proposals/ideas/xxx-crypto-requirements.txt
and
https://gitweb.torproject.org/torspec.git/blob/HEAD:/proposals/ideas/xxx-crypto-migration.txt
and
https://gitweb.torproject.org/torspec.git/blob/HEAD:/proposals/ideas/xxx-new-crypto-sketch.txt

-- 
Andrew
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