On Tuesday, July 16, 2013 10:33:46 PM UTC+2, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > > > On Friday, July 12, 2013 11:33:13 AM UTC-4, Stefan Birgmeier wrote: >> >> Hello, >> In my application i generate an ECIES private/public key pair. Then i use >> the private exponent and the public key point to initialize an ECDSA key >> pair. > > Yes, you should validate at level 3 once loaded. Even though ECIES and > ECDSA both use elliptic curves, there could be minor differences in the key > requirements so they might not be interchangeable. > > >> Do i need to run validate() on the ECDSA key pair if i already validated >> the ECIES key pair? >> > Yes, but you only need to do it once upon loading. > > Also see http://www.cryptopp.com/wiki/Keys_and_formats and > http://www.cryptopp.com/wiki/Ecdsa. > > Jeff >
Thanks for the answer. It will put a bit more load on the system, but i'm not the one sacrificing security for speed. Stefan -- -- 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. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Crypto++ Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
