Re: [Cfrg] Adoption of draft-agl-cfrgcurve-00 as a RG document

Adam Langley <agl@imperialviolet.org> Mon, 05 January 2015 20:38 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Cfrg] Adoption of draft-agl-cfrgcurve-00 as a RG document
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On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 12:11 PM, Watson Ladd <watsonbladd@gmail.com> wrote:
> Minimal Montgomery is as generic as minimal Edwards unless I am missing
> something.

That's true, but the world seems to have collectively decided to
minimise the Edwards 'd' these days (NUMS, 41417, Goldilocks, E-521).
So, if we want to publish a generation procedure, an Edward's focused
one might be more helpful.

I don't have strong feelings on this point.


Cheers

AGL

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