DSA2

Robert J. Hansen rjh at sixdemonbag.org
Fri Sep 29 14:50:21 CEST 2006


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David Shaw wrote:
> It's important to not focus unduly on one thing.  This gives hash
> firewalls too much import.  Today it's hash firewalls.  Yesterday it
> was hash length.  Before that it was key size, etc, etc.  Make sure
> you're not armoring your front door to an absurd degree and leaving a
> window open. :)

While true, if this was all there was to it most of us would still be
using PGP 2.6.  :)

The idea of low-hanging fruit comes to mind here.  Obsessing over the
front door is a bad idea, but if there's a deadbolt you can throw
without any difficulty and you're going to walk by the door anyway on
the way to the stairs, why not?

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