[BetaCygni]

> As a result we recommend increasing elliptic curve key sizes from 256 bits to 3072 bits.

Ouch, if true, that's a major blow. I was starting to like these elliptic curves!

edit: April 1st guys:

> Steven Galbraith, April 1, 2016.

[makira]

April 1st...

[Bootvis]

The date on the blog says 31st of March, but yes...

[BetaCygni]

Ah, at the bottom it says:

> Steven Galbraith, April 1, 2016.

He got me. I do worry about some future era where encryption is impossible though.