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Re: [Cfrg] Safecurves draft redux

Paul Hoffman <paul.hoffman@vpnc.org> Thu, 09 January 2014 15:37 UTC

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On Jan 9, 2014, at 6:42 AM, Watson Ladd <watsonbladd@gmail.com> wrote:

> The naming issue is fine: we can say "the safecurve Mxxx has been
> found to be unsafe" without risk of being misunderstood.

Not at all. Having "safecurve Mxxx" be found unsafe will make many people think that all the other curves are unsafe.

The IETF has a long history of naming coming back to bite us in the butt. Please strongly consider getting rid of the "safecurve" name and just using the actual names that Dan an Tanja use.

--Paul Hoffman

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