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Re: [Cfrg] Elliptic Curves - poll on security levels (ends on February 17th)

"Stanislav V. Smyshlyaev" <smyshsv@gmail.com> Tue, 10 February 2015 14:21 UTC

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From: "Stanislav V. Smyshlyaev" <smyshsv@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [Cfrg] Elliptic Curves - poll on security levels (ends on February 17th)
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Q1: No.
Q2: Yes.

For Q2: for Russia it is of primary importance that the curve is strictly
512-bit, not 521-bit.

Best regards,
Stanislav Smyshlyaev

Alexey Melnikov:

> CFRG chairs are starting a poll, containing 2 initial questions:
>
> Q1: Should CFRG recommend a curve at the 192-bit security level?
>
> Q2: Should CFRG recommend a curve at the 256-bit security level?
>
> Answering Yes/No to each of these would suffice.
>
> Once this first set of issues is resolved, we will move to choices of prime
> at the selected security level(s), if any. After that we will be
> discussing implementation specifics and coordinate systems for
> Diffie-Hellman. We will then make decisions on signature schemes.
> Please don't discuss any of these future topics at this time.
>
>
>

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