Hi Patrick, Wei should answer this definitively, but he's been busy lately so I'll take a shot.
> certicom has patents covering compressing point data. I know Certicom has a lot of patents covering ECC and optimizations, but I don't know about compression. > Does the param turn on the patetned compression technique? If patentented, probably not. > If not what disadvantage does compression have? I don't know. Jeff On 9/2/08, Patrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > First off, thanks for the answers to my previous question. > > I'm looking at the wiki example for storing the public key: > > PublicKey.GetGroupParameters().GetCurve().EncodePoint(pubFile, > PublicKey.GetPublicElement(), true); > > The final parameter allows for storing the point in compressed or > uncompressed format. IIRC certicom has patents covering compressing > point data. Does the param turn on the patetned compression technique? > If not what disadvantage does compression have? > > Thanks again, > Patrick --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the "Crypto++ Users" Google Group. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More information about Crypto++ and this group is available at http://www.cryptopp.com. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
