Re: [zeromq-dev] Considerations about Elliptic Curve algorithms

2013-09-18 Thread Pieter Hintjens
Cryptography will be a controversial area for a long time, and the only thing we can be sure of is that any given crypto mechanism will become outclassed at some point. This is why the ZeroMQ wire protocol, ZMTP, doesn't specify any fixed mechanism, but leaves this open and extensible. CURVE makes

[zeromq-dev] Considerations about Elliptic Curve algorithms

2013-09-18 Thread l . alebarde
Quotes from tinc Digest Vol 107 Issue 9 (I have bolded the interesting parts. Daniel J. Bernstein's Curve25519 is also discussed) : Sujet: ECDSA curve used in new protocol has suspicious seed value De : Markus Teufelberger Date : 14/09/2013 04:53 Pour : t...@tinc-vpn.org Hi there, As I'm sur

[zeromq-dev] Considerations about Elliptic Curve algorithms

2013-09-18 Thread Laurent Alebarde
Quotes from tinc Digest Vol 107 Issue 9 (I have bolded the interesting parts. Daniel J. Bernstein's Curve25519 is also discussed) : Sujet: ECDSA curve used in new protocol has suspicious seed value De : Markus Teufelberger Date : 14/09/2013 04:53 Pour : t...@tinc-vpn.org Hi there, As I'm s