[Remops] mixmaster's 1024-bit RSA is getting old

aard at mixnym.net aard at mixnym.net
Wed Oct 30 17:48:24 GMT 2013


In the process of revising the mixmaster header spec, is there any way
to eliminate the tagging attack illustrated by Tom at http://crypto.is?
Seems like it should be possible to incorporate something to solve this
problem.

> Mixmaster has long used 1024-bit RSA with a packet format that allows
> a maximum of 20 hops; each encrypted with a different RSA key.  The
> data for each hop occupies 512 bytes.


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