Re: [Cfrg] MAY use specified curves
Stephen Farrell <stephen.farrell@cs.tcd.ie> Tue, 09 September 2014 18:36 UTC
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Subject: Re: [Cfrg] MAY use specified curves
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Dan, On 09/09/14 18:03, Dan Brown wrote: > > My understanding is that many IETF WGs have applied a MUST NOT to the > ANSI/SECG mechanisms of specifying an elliptic curve. I'm not clear what you mean here. Can you provide citations? I think its fair to say that people generally prefer named curves for simplicity and interop reasons but I don't know what "MUST NOT" statements you mean. Thanks, S.
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