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[tor-talk] Why does Tor use the key lengths it does?

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Subject: [tor-talk] Why does Tor use the key lengths it does?
From: "F. Fox" <kitsune.or@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 09:40:48 -0800
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Just curious as to why Tor uses RSA-1024/AES-128, and not something likeRSA-2048/AES-256.

I suppose if keys are rotated enough, it doesn't matter much... is thiswhat's up with it?


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