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Re: [TLS] Should we require compressed points

Watson Ladd <watsonbladd@gmail.com> Tue, 28 October 2014 00:55 UTC

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Subject: Re: [TLS] Should we require compressed points
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On Oct 27, 2014 4:06 PM, "Martin Thomson" <martin.thomson@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 27 October 2014 15:10, Eric Rescorla <ekr@rtfm.com> wrote:
> > As I said above, I'm principally trying to get rid of negotiation so we have
> > one
> > point format for each curve. I could certainly live with requiring
> > uncompressed
> > only for the X9.62 curves and then defining a new, cleaner format for the
> > new CFRG curves.
>
> And maybe we could define a new cleaner format for the existing curves too...
>

What's wrong with SEC1?

Sincerely,
Watson Ladd

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