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Sorry, I should have been clearer. I was asking if there were plans to
allow RSA signature keys as well as larger DH keys. I was <b>not</b>
asking if RSA keys would be allowed for encryption. <br>
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Jason<br>
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Ian Goldberg wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On Mon, Mar 28, 2005 at 07:22:46PM -0500, Jason Cohen wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Quoting Ian Goldberg
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<pre wrap="">In this version of the protocol, the only key exchange method defined is
DSA, and the only key agreement is 1536-bit DH. This may change in a
later version, at the cost of incompatibility with clients that don't
understand it.
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<pre wrap="">Are there plans to change the protocol to support RSA keys or larger
DH keys, or is this just a hypothetical at this point?
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I don't think there's any point to using RSA encryption where DH is used
now, but different DH groups may be possible. But yes, it's
hypothetical at this time.
There *is* a plausible reason to use RSA signatures instead of DSA in
the initial key exchange, but that's also hypothetical.
- Ian
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