How to Protect Yourself from the NSA If You Use 1024-bit DH Encryption
In a post on Wednesday, researchers Alex Halderman and Nadia Heninger presented compelling research suggesting that the NSA has developed the capability to decrypt a large number of HTTPS, SSH, and VPN connections using an attack on common implementations of the Diffie-Hellman key exchange algorithm with 1024-bit primes. Earlier in the year, they were part…
Privacy & Security
Joseph Bonneau & Bill Budington
