▲ 17 ▼ There's a new way to break RSA that's faster than anything we've seen before (arstechnica.com) submitted 1 month ago by schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to c/security@programming.dev 5 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago* (3 children) Soooo, alternatives? Age? permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] phlegmy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago (2 children) ECDSA has already pretty much replaced RSA anyway. This'll help convince the last stragglers though, at least until a PQ solution gets widely adopted. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 1 point 1 month ago (1 child) Doesn't it use elliptic curve that might be compromised by the NSA? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] phlegmy@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 month ago Nah, there's a wide selection of curves you can choose from. Curve 25519 is a very popular one with much less suspicious properties. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] phlegmy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago (2 children) ECDSA has already pretty much replaced RSA anyway. This'll help convince the last stragglers though, at least until a PQ solution gets widely adopted. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 1 point 1 month ago (1 child) Doesn't it use elliptic curve that might be compromised by the NSA? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] phlegmy@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 month ago Nah, there's a wide selection of curves you can choose from. Curve 25519 is a very popular one with much less suspicious properties. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 1 point 1 month ago (1 child) Doesn't it use elliptic curve that might be compromised by the NSA? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] phlegmy@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 month ago Nah, there's a wide selection of curves you can choose from. Curve 25519 is a very popular one with much less suspicious properties. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] phlegmy@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 month ago Nah, there's a wide selection of curves you can choose from. Curve 25519 is a very popular one with much less suspicious properties. permalink fedilink source parent