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Re: [CFRG] compact representation and HPKE

Loup Vaillant-David <loup@loup-vaillant.fr> Fri, 12 February 2021 23:07 UTC

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Subject: Re: [CFRG] compact representation and HPKE
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> I need to check (and haven't) but IIRC for an earlier draft
> I had a problem that the OpenSSL APIs didn't support the
> compressed form for NIST curves, 
> [...]
> for me, this isn't a case of encouraging cfrg curves but rather
> one of enabling simpler and more broad implementation.

Not quite sure what you meant, but I am extremely wary of making things
"simpler" by taking on gigantic dependencies such as OpenSSL.

We need to consider the complexity of the whole system, as if we were
rewriting everything from scratch. Because over time, bit by bit, we
eventually will.

Loup.

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