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Re: [Cfrg] On the use of Montgomery form curves for key agreement

Nico Williams <nico@cryptonector.com> Tue, 02 September 2014 15:50 UTC

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From: Nico Williams <nico@cryptonector.com>
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Subject: Re: [Cfrg] On the use of Montgomery form curves for key agreement
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On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 10:33 AM, Stephen Farrell
<stephen.farrell@cs.tcd.ie> wrote:
> Main point is: I don't believe wire-format issues make any
> difference when picking new curves.

+1.   We absolutely should not be constrained as to choice of curve by
wire format issues.

Indeed, something like the opposite should be true: we should add any
wire formats needed for those curves we want to use!

Nico
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