I'm not saying we need to add any curves in particular, just that we
shouldn't lock ourselves out of binary curves altogether.  If we ever want
to add a binary curve, the current format is insufficient.


On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 1:40 PM, Russ Housley <[email protected]> wrote:

> Richard:
>
> I still think there's value in basing this in SEC1, since it gives us
> binary curves.
>
>
> I do not know if you are advocating every aspect of SEC1 or not.
>
> Experience to date has shown that support for arbitrary curves does not
> get implemented.  For this reason, we have been focusing on well-known
> curves such as the NIST curves and the Brainpool curves.  An identifier is
> sufficient to provide all of the curve parameters.  The SEC1 format
> supports this using an object identifier.  That seems like the wrong form
> for a jose identifier.
>
> Russ
>
>
>
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