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[Cfrg] Deterministic signatures, revisit?

Dan Brown <danibrown@blackberry.com> Mon, 09 October 2017 16:57 UTC

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From: Dan Brown <danibrown@blackberry.com>
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Hi CFRG,

ia.cr/2017/975 and ia.cr/2017/985 suggest tweaks to deterministic signing, eg EdDSA, due to side channels, etc. Do these tweaks merit consideration in CFRG?‎ (I'm not sure how important side channels are to CFRG or how strong the tweaks are.)

Best regards,

Dan

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