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Re: [Cfrg] Curve selection revisited

Russ Housley <housley@vigilsec.com> Thu, 31 July 2014 16:57 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Cfrg] Curve selection revisited
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We seem to have gone away from discussing requirements.  Can we get back to that?

I would like to see us use of the same curve for digital signature and key agreement.  This provides obvious modularity, and it seems to fit well with the security protocols that already have support for ECC.

Russ

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