Re: [Cryptography] Books on modern cryptanalysis

2013-09-12 Thread Jose Luis Gomez Pardo
On 11 Sep 2013 18:37, "Bernie Cosell" wrote: > Anyhow, are there any (not *too* technical) books on the modern > techniques for attacking cryptosystems? Apart from the books already mentioned in other messages (Swenson, Katz-Lindell, Knudsen-Robshaw ...), I would also mention "Algorithmic Cry

Re: [Cryptography] Popular curves (was: NSA and cryptanalysis)

2013-09-04 Thread Jose Luis Gomez Pardo
At 08:20 04/09/2013, ianG wrote: On 3/09/13 18:13 PM, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote: Do we have an ECC curve that is (1) secure and (2) has a written description prior to 1 Sept 1993? (Not answering your direct question.) Personally, I was happy to plan on using DJB's Curve25519. He's do