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Re: [TLS] Using Brainpool curves in TLS

Johannes Merkle <johannes.merkle@secunet.com> Wed, 16 October 2013 07:21 UTC

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Cc: Patrick Pelletier <code@funwithsoftware.org>, tls@ietf.org
Subject: Re: [TLS] Using Brainpool curves in TLS
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> What problems does this solve? The Brainpool curves still have
> unverifiable construction, 

This is plain wrong. Obviously, you have not read RFC 5639. The construction of the Brainppol curves is completely
verifiable, only based on the fundamental constants Pi and e.

Johannes

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