Re: available crypto policies

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On Wed, 2014-06-04 at 08:47 -0400, Hubert Kario wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Till Maas" <opensource@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: security@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 4, 2014 9:46:13 AM
> > Subject: Re: available crypto policies
> > 
> > On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 12:13:33PM +0100, Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos wrote:
> > 
> > > =====LEGACY=====
> > > systems. It should provide at least 64-bit security and include RC4, but
> > > not MD5 as signature algorithm.
> > 
> > > DH params size: 768+
> > > RSA params size: 768+
> > 
> > 
> > > =====DEFAULT======
> > > A reasonable default for today's standards. For F21 it should provide
> > > 80-bit security and no broken ciphers like RC4.
> > 
> > > DH params size: 1024+
> > > RSA params size: 1024+
> > 
> > > =====FUTURE======
> > > A level that will provide security on a conservative level that is
> > > believed to withstand any near-term future attacks. That will be
> > > an 128-bit security level, without including protocols with known
> > 
> > > DH params size: 2048+
> > > RSA params size: 2048+
> > 
> > According to
> > http://www.keylength.com/en/compare/
> > the asymetric sizes do not match the symmetric size according to most
> > sources listed on http://www.keylength.com/en/compare/.
> 
> That's old version. New one (https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/CryptoPolicy)
> is:
> Legacy: 767+
> default: 1023+

shouldn't this be 2047+ ?

> future: 3071+
> 
> that matches NIST recommendations for default (80bit) and future level(128bit)


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Simo Sorce * Red Hat, Inc * New York

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