DH key pair generation is really slow

Jonathan Knudsen (jonathan@oreilly.com)
Fri, 23 Jan 1998 15:52:43 -0500

Message-Id: <l03010d00b0eeb1703e9d@[199.174.189.205]>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 15:52:43 -0500
To: java-security@web1.javasoft.com
From: Jonathan Knudsen <jonathan@oreilly.com>
Subject: DH key pair generation is really slow

Hello,

I'm experimenting with generating DH key pairs for use
with a KeyAgreement. I can generate DH key pairs for
strengths of 64, 128, and 256, but 512 or higher seems
to hang my machine. (I suspect that it's not hanging,
it's just taking a very long time.) I have a Pentium 90.

Anyhow I wasn't sure if you were aware of this or not,
and thought maybe you'd be interested.

Ciao,
Jonathan