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The Risks of Short RSA Keys for Secure Communications Using SSL

Overview This paper considers the risks of using "short", 512 bit keys for the RSA encryption phase used to exchange the keys used in each SSL session. It describes the nature of the security provided by the cryptography which underlies SSL. It then examines the various choices available to web server operators, looking at both the historic and current factors affecting those choices, and evaluates the effect that these choices have on the overall security of the system.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	nCipher	File Format	PDF
Date Published	April 2002	Downloads	2
Format	White Papers
Topics	SSL - TLS, Security Management

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