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Can someone explain to a layman why you need to avoid RSA ? Is this only for the particular use case the article talks about or you should avoid it for other th
by sametmax 9y ago
Can someone explain to a layman why you need to avoid RSA ? Is this only for the particular use case the article talks about or you should avoid it for other things, like encrypting a hard drive?
- CiPHPerCoder 9y agoI've covered this before, targeting the PHP community, but most likely generally applicable: https://paragonie.com/blog/2016/12/everything-you-know-about-public-key-encryption-in-php-is-wrong#how-rsa-goes-bad https://paragonie.com/blog/2016/12/everything-you-know-about... The short of it is: If you're interoperating with anything in the real world, you're forced to use insecure modes. And even if you're not, the library you'll be working with probably has insecure defaults. Unless your job title rhymes with 'Cryptography Engineer', steer clear of it.