Re: [TLS] (selection criteria for crypto primitives) Re: sect571r1
Tony Arcieri <bascule@gmail.com> Thu, 16 July 2015 02:31 UTC
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From: Tony Arcieri <bascule@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [TLS] (selection criteria for crypto primitives) Re: sect571r1
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To respond more specifically to your concerns: On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 6:42 PM, Rene Struik <rstruik.ext@gmail.com> wrote: > It seems prudent to keep some diversity of the gene pool and not only have > curves defined over prime curves. Similarly, one should perhaps have some > diversity of gene pool criteria within the set of recommend curves and not > only include special primes. Should some problem with a particular subclass > show up over time, one then at least has other classes available. > Binary curves in particular are showing warning signs of potential future security issues: https://eprint.iacr.org/2015/310.pdf I think even if we don't completely pare down the TLS curve portfolio to the list I suggested, if nothing else I would like to see binary curves removed. -- Tony Arcieri
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- [TLS] (selection criteria for crypto primitives) … Rene Struik
- Re: [TLS] (selection criteria for crypto primitiv… Tony Arcieri
- Re: [TLS] sect571r1 Dan Brown
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- Re: [TLS] (selection criteria for crypto primitiv… Tony Arcieri
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