Re: [minion-cvs] more minor patches to the spec

[Nick Mathewson <nickm@alum.mit.edu>]

On Wed, 2002-06-05 at 08:55, George Danezis wrote:

> > -  [XXXX OAEP padding adds 41 bytes.  Thus, for PK_Encrypt(Foo, K) to
> > -        fit in 127 bytes (to be input for RSA), you need Len(Foo)<=86.
> > -   -NM]
> > +  multiple of 86 bytes.  
> 
> I think the original "128 bytes" was right. The Routing extrnsion is not 
> encrypted using RSA, but simply using a symmetric cipher. It still needs to 
> be the same size as multiple sub headers, therefore a multiple of 128.

I agree with George; it should be 128.  (I'd fix it myself, but I've
resolved not to touch Minion today.)

-- 
Nick