Re: Review of draft-ecc-09

Marko Kreen <markokr@gmail.com> Mon, 20 February 2012 17:25 UTC

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Subject: Re: Review of draft-ecc-09
From: Marko Kreen <markokr@gmail.com>
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On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 11:51 PM, Marko Kreen <markokr@gmail.com> wrote:
> Missing detail:  How to generate v?  What requirements it has?
> I suggest expanding the second step with:
>
>     Generate ephemeral key pair {v, V} where V=vG and v is random number
>     in range 0 < v < n  (n - curve modulus)

This should be "n - base point order".  Sorry.

Btw, is this right place to send feedback about draft?
This list has seen some traffic about the draft,
but it has quieted down recently.

-- 
marko