GNU bug report logs - #17660
24.3; gnutls-min-prime-bits is 256

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Juliusz Chroboczek <jch <at> pps.univ-paris-diderot.fr>

Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2014 13:25:01 UTC

Severity: important

Tags: fixed, security

Found in version 24.3

Fixed in version 25.1

Done: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Juliusz Chroboczek <jch <at> pps.univ-paris-diderot.fr>
Cc: 17660 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#17660: 24.3; gnutls-min-prime-bits is 256
Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2014 20:46:35 +0100

Juliusz Chroboczek <jch <at> 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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