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Re: [Cfrg] Curve manipulation, revisited

"Salz, Rich" <rsalz@akamai.com> Mon, 29 December 2014 13:15 UTC

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From: "Salz, Rich" <rsalz@akamai.com>
To: Benjamin Black <b@b3k.us>, "cfrg@irtf.org" <cfrg@irtf.org>
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 08:12:56 -0500
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>  Similarly, suggesting that TLS-WG could be given only X25519 without Ed25519 being pulled in is either naive or an attempt to sneak them both in the back door.

Without commenting on the rest of your points (which I don't feel qualified), I strongly disagree with this.  But maybe my naivete is showing.

As a member of the TLS WG, the OpenSSL development team, and security-focused employee of Akamai, I just want X25519.  (I'm also a co-author of the Turner I-D and have resisted multiple requests to merge Ed25519 into it.)

	/r$

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