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Re: [Cfrg] malicious DH base points [was Re: should the CFRG really strive for consensus?]

Christoph Anton Mitterer <calestyo@scientia.net> Thu, 01 January 2015 17:14 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Cfrg] malicious DH base points [was Re: should the CFRG really strive for consensus?]
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On Thu, 2015-01-01 at 13:39 +0100, Adam Back wrote: 
> Seems like on
> topic and to the point, not spam.
plus: it seems kinda dangerous to me, if certain topics are more or
less... well not forbidden, but at least "moderated to silence".

CFRG should be really open, even if this includes more wood and less
trees,... trust is very important and if people feel that some
topics/questions/concerns might have been suppressed, CFRG will have the
same problems as NIST.


Cheers,
Chris.

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