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Re: [TLS] Curve25519 in TLS and Additional Curves in TLS

"Salz, Rich" <rsalz@akamai.com> Thu, 23 January 2014 15:14 UTC

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From: "Salz, Rich" <rsalz@akamai.com>
To: Watson Ladd <watsonbladd@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 10:13:55 -0500
Thread-Topic: [TLS] Curve25519 in TLS and Additional Curves in TLS
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Subject: Re: [TLS] Curve25519 in TLS and Additional Curves in TLS
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Would you prefer it phrased this way:  "pointlessly breaking compatibility with existing implementations is reason enough to vote no"

	/r$

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