At 8:25 AM +0000 3/11/99, Adam Back wrote:
>Eric Rescorla writes:
>> Vin McLellan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> > If you are waiting for NIST to offer the sort of full crypto module
>> > validation tests that are offered to provide assurance for the
>>DSA/Fortezza
>> > version of FIPS-186(a), don't hold your breath.
>>
>> I'm not. I'd simply like to see a full set of key generation
>> procedures that allowed you to insert a seed and compare your
>> output key to the test vector. Precisely the way that FIPS-186a
>> does for DSA.
>
>I think Eric has made an excellent suggestion: having a full test
>vector including RNG is a rather good idea. Is there any chance that
>you could follow up on that at RSA labs Vin?
>
Having a standard way to get from a seed to a key pair would have other
uses besides testing. In particular it would permit someone to memorize
their secret key in the form of a passphrase that would be hashed by , say
SHA1.
Arnold Reinhold
