Re: fyi-- [dns-operations] early key rollover for dlv.isc.org

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Hmmm. It wouldn't have anything to do with prime numbers, now would
it? :-)

- ferg

-- Joseph S D Yao <jsdy () center osis gov> wrote:

[snip]  

Steve has pointed out that 3 is recommended for DNSSEC, and NIST likes
65537 [2^16 + 1].  I don't have the maths to say why, so I'll leave it
at that.

--
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