Re: nistp224 80-bit accuracy hack

"D. J. Bernstein" <[email protected]> 17 Nov 2005 22:17:59 -0000
Newsgroups gmane.org.djb.miscellaneous
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I wrote:
> curve25519 (http://cr.yp.to/ecdh.html) is new Diffie-Hellman software
> with several advantages over nistp224.

The web page now has a paper ``Curve25519: new Diffie-Hellman speed
records'' explaining in detail how the Curve25519 function works.

---D. J. Bernstein, Professor, Mathematics, Statistics,
and Computer Science, University of Illinois at Chicago