---
id: 1945
title: "Seriously, stop using RSA"
source_domain: blog.trailofbits.com
source_url: "https://blog.trailofbits.com/2019/07/08/fuck-rsa/"
published_at: "2019-07-08T10:50:43Z"
tags: ["cryptography", "best-practices", "padding-oracle", "rsa", "ecc"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/1945"
lang: en
---

# Seriously, stop using RSA

## Summary

Trail of Bits argues RSA should be retired: parameter selection is fragile, slow performance invites shortcuts, and padding oracle attacks remain rampant. Modern ECC alternatives are safer.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** blog.trailofbits.com
- **Published:** 2019-07-08T10:50:43Z
- **Original:** https://blog.trailofbits.com/2019/07/08/fuck-rsa/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/1945