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Re: [Cfrg] On the use of Montgomery form curves for key agreement

Stephen Farrell <stephen.farrell@cs.tcd.ie> Tue, 02 September 2014 15:39 UTC

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On 02/09/14 16:37, Watson Ladd wrote:
> *None* of the arguments advanced so far help with picking new curves.
> What possible difference is there between NUMS and the DJB/Tanja
> curves? None, because you can always put one in the form of the other.
> The only solution is a coinflip.

Well, that's well beyond the scope of my teeny weeny comment:-)

S.

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