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Re: [TLS] Should we require compressed points

Peter Gutmann <pgut001@cs.auckland.ac.nz> Wed, 22 October 2014 22:01 UTC

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From: Peter Gutmann <pgut001@cs.auckland.ac.nz>
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Eric Rescorla <ekr@rtfm.com> writes:

>Given that people seem to think that compressed points are better, I figured
>that was the way to go. If people prefer to just require uncompressed points
>(at least for the existing X9.63 curves) I could certainly live with that.

Uncompressed points have been a MUST in TLS since ECC was introduced, and are
also a MUST everywhere else.  So adding compressed points as a MUST as well
won't get rid of uncompressed points in any way, it'll just add more options
that need to be supported.

Peter.

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