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Re: [TLS] Should we require compressed points

Manuel Pégourié-Gonnard <mpg@polarssl.org> Tue, 28 October 2014 16:26 UTC

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Subject: Re: [TLS] Should we require compressed points
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On 28/10/2014 15:52, Viktor Dukhovni wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 10:35:25AM +0100, Manuel P?gouri?-Gonnard wrote:
> 
>> On 27/10/2014 23:10, Eric Rescorla wrote:
>>> As I said above, I'm principally trying to get rid of negotiation so we have
>>> one point format for each curve. I could certainly live with requiring 
>>> uncompressed only for the X9.62 curves and then defining a new, cleaner
>>> format for the new CFRG curves.
>>
>> If the goal is to get rid of negotiation, would it be reasonable to say that
>> implementations MUST support both formats?
> 
> I think that Bodo's suggestion of separate IANA assignments for
> compressed and uncompressed variants of curves makes the most sense.
> 
Yes, I didn't see his suggestion when I posted, but now I agree it looks like
the best way to go.

Manuel.

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