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

Peter Gutmann <pgut001@cs.auckland.ac.nz> Fri, 27 June 2014 03:38 UTC

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Michael StJohns <msj@nthpermutation.com> writes:

>Given that the EC math in FIPS186, X9.62, X9.63, SP800-56A, SEC1, and the
>various ISO documents is pretty much identical, instead of throwing away all
>that implementation and standardization, how about we just generate new
>curves:

How about we just use the Brainpool curves?  They're already standardised for
use in TLS, and supported in many implementations.

Peter.

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