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Re: [Cfrg] 512-bit twisted Edwards curve and curve generation methods in Russian standardization

Tony Arcieri <bascule@gmail.com> Wed, 28 January 2015 18:04 UTC

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From: Tony Arcieri <bascule@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 10:04:13 -0800
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Subject: Re: [Cfrg] 512-bit twisted Edwards curve and curve generation methods in Russian standardization
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On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 9:58 AM, Paul Hoffman <paul.hoffman@vpnc.org> wrote:

> Please define "justified".
>

I can give a couple examples of the opposite:

- The NIST curves
- This thread


> Right, so don't say that I'm using that sort of process. As I said, there
> are many ways to hold a process that comes out with a trustable random
> number. Brainpool isn't that.


Yeah, wasn't trying to suggest Brainpool did something that makes it
significantly better than the above.

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Tony Arcieri

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