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> towards standardization and reliance on a few very carefully designed curves That was the subject of djb's recent talk[1]. He brings up the very good point t
by pdkl95 11y ago
> towards standardization and reliance on a few very carefully designed curves
That was the subject of djb's recent talk[1]. He brings up the very good point that we don't know that curve wasn't designed to have some weakness that was creator has kept hidden. This includes the case where a "random", "not biased" generation method, which only moves the attack point back one step.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9568659 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9568659
- tptacek 11y agoYes, we are also moving rapidly away from the NIST curves, which are not what I'm referring to when I talk about carefully designed curves.
- jeffreyrogers 11y agodjb and Tanja Lange created this site[1] that catalogs the commonly used curves and lists which ones are thought to be safe. [1]: http://safecurves.cr.yp.to/ http://safecurves.cr.yp.to/