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In RFC 2409RFC 2409 and RFC 2412RFC 2412 Diffie-Hellman groups 3 and 4 were defined. These are groups over elliptic curves based on Galois Fields with 2^155 and 2^185 elements respectively.

I know that these sizes are considered as too small for modern cryptography.

But anyway, there is very little info about these groups on the internet. Are there other reasons besides the fields' sizes for not using these groups?

In RFC 2409 and RFC 2412 Diffie-Hellman groups 3 and 4 were defined. These are groups over elliptic curves based on Galois Fields with 2^155 and 2^185 elements respectively.

I know that these sizes are considered as too small for modern cryptography.

But anyway, there is very little info about these groups on the internet. Are there other reasons besides the fields' sizes for not using these groups?

In RFC 2409 and RFC 2412 Diffie-Hellman groups 3 and 4 were defined. These are groups over elliptic curves based on Galois Fields with 2^155 and 2^185 elements respectively.

I know that these sizes are considered as too small for modern cryptography.

But anyway, there is very little info about these groups on the internet. Are there other reasons besides the fields' sizes for not using these groups?

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What are the problems with Diffie-Hellman groups 3 and 4 (RFC 2409 + RFC 2412)?

In RFC 2409 and RFC 2412 Diffie-Hellman groups 3 and 4 were defined. These are groups over elliptic curves based on Galois Fields with 2^155 and 2^185 elements respectively.

I know that these sizes are considered as too small for modern cryptography.

But anyway, there is very little info about these groups on the internet. Are there other reasons besides the fields' sizes for not using these groups?