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Re: [Cfrg] Progress on curve recommendations for TLS WG

Johannes Merkle <johannes.merkle@secunet.com> Fri, 15 August 2014 11:26 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Cfrg] Progress on curve recommendations for TLS WG
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Ilari Liusvaara wrote on 08.08.2014 16:15:
> Picking prime randomly has _devastating_ impact on performance. 

I do not mean to doubt that statement, I'm just looking for hard numbers: Do you have any reference for a proper
analysis supporting that? I mean something beyond "oh, that's common sense".
-- 
Johannes

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