Re: [Cfrg] RFC 7748 on Elliptic Curves for Security

[Stephen Farrell <[e-mail]>]

On 24/01/16 08:47, Eggert, Lars wrote:
> Excellent work, all! This is one of the more important RFCs that the
> IRTF has published, and will have a direct impact on Internet user
> privacy.

Indeed. Good work and thanks to all including those whose fav
curves didn't end up being part of the RFC - the debate, hard
and gnarly though it was, was also an important part of this.

S

> 
> Lars
> 
> On 2016-01-23, at 1:27, [e-mail] wrote:
>> 
>> A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC
>> libraries.
>> 
>> 
>> RFC 7748
>> 
>> Title:      Elliptic Curves for Security Author:     A. Langley, M.
>> Hamburg, S. Turner Status:     Informational Stream:     IRTF Date:
>> January 2016 Mailbox:    [e-mail], [e-mail], 
>> [e-mail] Pages:      22 Characters: 39298 
>> Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:   None
>> 
>> I-D Tag:    draft-irtf-cfrg-curves-11.txt
>> 
>> URL:        https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7748
>> 
>> DOI:        http://dx.doi.org/10.17487/RFC7748
>> 
>> This memo specifies two elliptic curves over prime fields that
>> offer a high level of practical security in cryptographic
>> applications, including Transport Layer Security (TLS).  These
>> curves are intended to operate at the ~128-bit and ~224-bit
>> security level, respectively, and are generated deterministically
>> based on a list of required properties.
>> 
>> This document is a product of the Crypto Forum Research Group of
>> the IRTF.
>> 
>> 
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