[tor-talk] Ask for RSA key size upgrade

[Nick Mathewson]

On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 10:54 AM, HardKor <hardkor.info at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you,
>
> I read the documents. Actualy I'm a hidden service operator. And I worry
> about the security of my public key.
> I generated a 4096 bits key manually and started a hidden service with it.
> Tor gnerated a hostname file but I desn't work ...
>
> The only way I found to create a really secure communication channel is to
> use HTTPS (with strong encryption) over Tor hidden services. And it make me
> sad ...
> .
> When will the crypto improvements[1] be released ?
>
> [1]:
> https://gitweb.torproject.org/torspec.git/blob/HEAD:/proposals/ideas/xxx-new-crypto-sketch.txt


When the design is finalized and the code is implemented.  I'd hope
for some time this year, but with software you never know.

yrs,
-- 
Nick