RFR 8171190: Bump reference of NIST 800-57 Part 1 Rev 3 to Rev 4 in JarSigner API spec

Wang Weijun weijun.wang at oracle.com
Wed Dec 14 09:28:18 UTC 2016


7680 itself is 192 bits, and for any bitLength greater than 7680 I treat it as in a "higher" level.

--Max

> On Dec 14, 2016, at 5:19 PM, Bernd Eckenfels <ecki at zusammenkunft.net> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I noticed in the existing code: Is the comment "256 bits" referring to the 'comparable strength'?
> 
> # if (bitLength > 7680) { // 256 bits
> 
> If so, it seems misleading, according to table 2 this would be 192 bit. Maybe this can be corrected, removed or the meaning of the comment clarified.
> 
> Gruss
> Bernd
> -- 
> http://bernd.eckenfels.net




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