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0 pointszuck98y ago0 comments

Why do you need ECC certificates?

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I don't need them, I just prefer them. They are arguably more secure and require much lower CPU usage.

c0l08y ago

Any reasonably modern x86_64 CPU can do more than 1000 RSA2048 signs (~ TLS handshakes) a second, per core. Performance considerations really aren't a good reason to not use RSA for TLS KEX.

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0 pointszuck98y ago0 comments

Why do you need ECC certificates?

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perlgod8y ago

I don't need them, I just prefer them. They are arguably more secure and require much lower CPU usage.

c0l08y ago

Any reasonably modern x86_64 CPU can do more than 1000 RSA2048 signs (~ TLS handshakes) a second, per core. Performance considerations really aren't a good reason to not use RSA for TLS KEX.

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