[Cryptography] Is it time for a revolution to replace TLS?

[James A. Donald]

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On 2014-05-14 20:47, Jerry Leichter wrote:
 > I've argued here before that the solution to many asymmetric
 > cryptosystem/PKI problems is *not to use asymmetric
 > cryptosystems/PKI's*.  Yes, there are use cases where you need them.
 > But there are plenty where you don't.  VPN's are a great example:
 > Just how often do you need to connect to a VPN without having a
 > trust relationship with whatever is behind that VPN and the
 > opportunity to safely pre-share keys?

If you want to pre-share keys of reasonable size, need to use Zero 
Knowledge Password Protocol, which is technically asymmetric encryption, 
though probably not in the sense that you intended.