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Multiple reasons: - the challenging part of the protocol (from a security point of view) is agreeing on p and g, not finding them - the interesting part
by HelloNurse 6y ago
Multiple reasons:
- the challenging part of the protocol (from a security point of view) is agreeing on p and g, not finding them
- the interesting part of the protocol is doing interesting things with p and g, not computing them by trial and error
- there are solid and obvious guarantees that p and g exist and are easy to find, no reason to waste even half a paragraph
- alasdair_ 6y agoFormatting like this makes what you posted unreadable on mobile.
- cryptonector 6y agoYou have to remember to wrap text when you indent it by two or more spaces on HN.
- pimlottc 6y agoManual line wrapping is still not a very good solution since screen widths vary wildly.
- cryptonector 6y agoIt's the only option HN gives us. Blame HN.