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Re: [Cfrg] ECC reboot (Was: When's the decision?)

Stephen Farrell <stephen.farrell@cs.tcd.ie> Fri, 17 October 2014 21:30 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Cfrg] ECC reboot (Was: When's the decision?)
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On 17/10/14 18:58, Michael Hamburg wrote:
> So is the thrust of this whole argument “have your special curves,
> but make Brainpool mandatory to implement”?  If so, just say so, and
> let the forum discuss it separately, and unblock the discussion of
> new curves.

If that were the case then CFRG would be the wrong forum. Which algs
are MTI for which IETF protocols is an IETF issue.

S.

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