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Re: [TLS] Should we require compressed points

Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com> Mon, 27 October 2014 23:06 UTC

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Subject: Re: [TLS] Should we require compressed points
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On 27 October 2014 15:10, Eric Rescorla <ekr@rtfm.com> 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.

And maybe we could define a new cleaner format for the existing curves too...

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