Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos <[email protected]> writes:

> That's pretty good table. It would be nice to have a comparison of
> modinv with mpz_invert as a baseline (you also don't need to use a
> timing resistant modinv during verification).

That would make sense. On the mpn level, the corresponding GMP function
is mpn_gcdext.

> How hard could it be to add the wmNAF multiplication from ecc_mulmod.c
> in gnutls to this list for comparison?

Do you have some example code to use this gnutls function? Then I'm
afraid it might also be a bit tricky to get linking right if we want to
have it all in the same benchmark executable.

> If it is much faster than mul_a, then it would be a good candidate for
> the multiplication needed in DH (which doesn't need to be side-channel
> resistant).

There are two potential gains from using gnutls code or something
similar: (i) Fewer point additions, due to more clever window hadling
and/or exponent recoding. (ii) The add and dup primitives could be sped
up a little if they're not required to be side-channel silent.

Regards,
/Niels

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