Problems with private keyring?

Taral taral@taral.net
Fri Mar 23 00:47:05 2001


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On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 12:38:53AM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote:

> As an added bonus, it protects against signature computation errors
> (due to overclocking or bugs in the MPI implementation), which
> was first proposed in this context by Lutz Donnerhacke. GnuPG
> calculates the signature in Z/pZ x Z/qZ instead of Z/nZ (which would
> be slower). If the computation in one component of the direct sum
> fails, the difference to the correct result is likely a multiple of
> p or q. (AFAIK, this is called a 'Bellcore attack' in German hacker
> circles.)
Maybe we should do our calculations in Z/nZ by default, providing an '--enable-fast-signatures' option for those who aren't (as) concerned... --=20 Taral <taral@taral.net> Please use PGP/GPG to send me mail. "Never ascribe to malice what can as easily be put down to stupidity." --VbJkn9YxBvnuCH5J Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAjq6js0ACgkQ7rh4CE+nYElQWQCeMWOjkCDExwm3IgCCxf9VQTBc DxoAnieXcs+LNf1DTVWheXMQSUOoWceb =0U9+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --VbJkn9YxBvnuCH5J--