Re: [Uta] Modular vs. modp

Peter Saint-Andre - &yet <peter@andyet.net> Fri, 20 February 2015 20:55 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Uta] Modular vs. modp
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On 2/20/15 1:52 PM, Viktor Dukhovni wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 06:50:17AM +0000, Viktor Dukhovni wrote:
>
> [ Top post: So should the title and text of 4.4 be changed? ]

Well, modp is, I assume, short for Modular Exponentiation so the RFC 
Editor is going to ask us to spell it out on first use anyway.

Personally, this is not a hill to die on for me...

Peter