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Re: [Cfrg] Meeting notes

Nico Williams <nico@cryptonector.com> Mon, 30 March 2015 16:51 UTC

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Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 11:51:27 -0500
From: Nico Williams <nico@cryptonector.com>
To: Johannes Merkle <johannes.merkle@secunet.com>
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On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 11:56:17AM +0200, Johannes Merkle wrote:
> Derek Atkins schrieb am 27.03.2015 um 14:29:
> > AE has a set of public parameters that you use to generate keypairs that
> > can communicate (the equivalent of an ECC Curve or DH Prime).  The issue
> > is that you need random data to generate those public parameters, and that
> > random data needs to be kept secret.
> 
> What is the consequence if the random data becomes known, e.g., to an
> adversary?

It's a complete break.

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