Photuris Primality verification needed

Phil Karn karn at qualcomm.com
Wed Nov 8 20:13:09 PST 1995


>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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