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Re: [TLS] Using Brainpool curves in TLS

Johannes Merkle <johannes.merkle@secunet.com> Wed, 16 October 2013 15:15 UTC

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>> I'm not sure I agree with them fully, but I also don't have very much
>> context. (My thoughts when reading that is "Why sqrt(2) and sqrt(3)
>> instead of pi and e - what makes those constants more trustworthy?")

sqrt(2) and sqrt(3) are much less fundamental than Pi or e. If you ask mathematicians for the most fundamental
constants, you will get 1, Pi, e, i, and maybe 2.

I am not sure how to use the imaginary unit i in an algorithm though ;-)

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