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Re: [TLS] Curve25519 in TLS and Additional Curves in TLS

"Salz, Rich" <rsalz@akamai.com> Wed, 22 January 2014 21:55 UTC

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From: "Salz, Rich" <rsalz@akamai.com>
To: Robert Ransom <rransom.8774@gmail.com>, Simon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org>
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 16:54:57 -0500
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Subject: Re: [TLS] Curve25519 in TLS and Additional Curves in TLS
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> * The draft still specifies a big-endian point format

Yes, this is a serious flaw, arguably reason enough to "vote no"

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