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bug#17660: 24.3; gnutls-min-prime-bits is 256
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Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen |
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bug#17660: 24.3; gnutls-min-prime-bits is 256 |
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Mon, 08 Dec 2014 20:46:35 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Juliusz Chroboczek <jch@pps.univ-paris-diderot.fr> writes:
> In gnutls.el, I see
>
> (defcustom gnutls-min-prime-bits 256
> ...)
>
> This uses 256 bits for Diffie-Helman rather than the gnutls default, which
> seems awfully low to me.
>
> It looks like this was lowered due to bug#11267. I suggest that it really
> should be set to a reasonable value.
In Emacs 25, people who want higher security can use the Network
Security Manager to achieve this, so I think the default here is
reasonable. Closing.
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