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Re: [Cryptography] RSA equivalent key length/strength
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (James A. Donald)
Mon Sep 30 20:42:24 2013
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Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2013 10:00:40 +1000
From: "James A. Donald" <jamesd@echeque.com>
To: John Kelsey <crypto.jmk@gmail.com>
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On 2013-10-01 08:24, John Kelsey wrote:
> Maybe you should check your code first? A couple nist people verified that the curves were generated by the described process when the questions about the curves first came out.
And a non NIST person verified that the curves were /not/ generated by
the described process after the scandal broke.
The process that actually generates the curves looks like the end result
of trying a trillion curves, until you hit one that has desirable
properties, which desirable properties you are disinclined to tell
anyone else.
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2013-10-01 08:24, John Kelsey wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">Maybe you should check your code first? A couple nist people verified that the curves were generated by the described process when the questions about the curves first came out. </pre>
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And a non NIST person verified that the curves were <i>not</i>
generated by the described process after the scandal broke.<br>
<br>
The process that actually generates the curves looks like the end
result of trying a trillion curves, until you hit one that has
desirable properties, which desirable properties you are disinclined
to tell anyone else.<br>
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