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

Paul Hoffman <paul.hoffman@vpnc.org> Fri, 27 June 2014 08:38 UTC

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On Jun 26, 2014, at 10:59 PM, Michael StJohns <msj@nthpermutation.com> wrote:

> There's been a small but vocal minority

The fairly strong support for other curves from the CFRG to refutes this statement.

--Paul Hoffman

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