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Re: [TLS] On Curve25519 and other possibilities (e.g. ietf256p, ietf384p, ietf521p,

Eric Rescorla <ekr@rtfm.com> Sat, 28 June 2014 20:13 UTC

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Subject: Re: [TLS] On Curve25519 and other possibilities (e.g. ietf256p, ietf384p, ietf521p,
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On Sat, Jun 28, 2014 at 12:59 PM, Michael StJohns <msj@nthpermutation.com>
wrote:
[snip]

> In any event, there are probably a few procedural issues that need to be
> resolved before Curve25519 becomes "the" preferred curve and system for the
> IETF.


To the best of my knowledge this question is not currently on the
table. Rather, the request to CFRG was to propose an additional
set of curves, not to propose a set of curves to be used in preference
to the existing standardized set. I suppose we could ask that question
as well, but I do not believe that is the current question at hand.

-Ekr

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