[Cfrg] Degenerate curve attack

Dan Brown <dbrown@certicom.com> Tue, 29 December 2015 14:38 UTC

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http://eprint.iacr.org/2015/1233

Relevant to CFRG new curve draft? (Not following draft details closely enough to know answer, further excuse being vacation.)

Gist of paper is new reason to need public key validation.