Re: [cryptography] NIST Workshop on Elliptic Curve Cryptography Standards

2015-05-11 Thread ianG
On 11/05/2015 17:56 pm, Thierry Moreau wrote: On 05/09/15 11:18, ianG wrote: Workshop on Elliptic Curve Cryptography Standards June 11-12, 2015 Agenda now available! The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will host a Workshop on Elliptic Curve Cryptography Standards at NIST

Re: [cryptography] NIST Workshop on Elliptic Curve Cryptography Standards

2015-05-11 Thread Tony Arcieri
On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 1:56 AM, Thierry Moreau thierry.mor...@connotech.com wrote: With ECC, I have less confidence in NIST ability to leverage the cryptographic community contributions. One hopes they will recommend the same elliptic curve standards that the IRTF's CFRG is standardizing

Re: [cryptography] NIST Workshop on Elliptic Curve Cryptography Standards

2015-05-11 Thread dj
On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 1:56 AM, Thierry Moreau thierry.mor...@connotech.com wrote: With ECC, I have less confidence in NIST ability to leverage the cryptographic community contributions. One hopes they will recommend the same elliptic curve standards that the IRTF's CFRG is

Re: [cryptography] NIST Workshop on Elliptic Curve Cryptography Standards

2015-05-11 Thread Thierry Moreau
On 05/12/15 00:16, ianG wrote: On 11/05/2015 17:56 pm, Thierry Moreau wrote: On 05/09/15 11:18, ianG wrote: Workshop on Elliptic Curve Cryptography Standards June 11-12, 2015 I doubt the foremost questions will be addressed: To which extent NSA influence motivates NIST in advancing the ECC

Re: [cryptography] NIST Workshop on Elliptic Curve Cryptography Standards

2015-05-11 Thread Tom Ritter
On 11 May 2015 at 20:13, d...@deadhat.com wrote: There is also the Lightweight Crypto Workshop at NIST. This heavily overlaps with the ECC thing, because the right options for ECC curves are also the right options for lightweight crypto. I'm attending the lightweight Crypto Workshop, but not

Re: [cryptography] NIST Workshop on Elliptic Curve Cryptography Standards

2015-05-11 Thread Tony Arcieri
On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 11:14 AM, Thierry Moreau thierry.mor...@connotech.com wrote: I do not want to push any plot theory without a deep understanding of the ECC fundamentals. But recalling that NSA had prior knowledge of differential cryptanalysis (versus academia) and prior knowledge of

Re: [cryptography] NIST Workshop on Elliptic Curve Cryptography Standards

2015-05-11 Thread Watson Ladd
On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 7:44 PM, Tom Ritter t...@ritter.vg wrote: On 11 May 2015 at 20:13, d...@deadhat.com wrote: There is also the Lightweight Crypto Workshop at NIST. This heavily overlaps with the ECC thing, because the right options for ECC curves are also the right options for

Re: [cryptography] NIST Workshop on Elliptic Curve Cryptography Standards

2015-05-11 Thread Thierry Moreau
On 05/09/15 11:18, ianG wrote: Workshop on Elliptic Curve Cryptography Standards June 11-12, 2015 Agenda now available! The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will host a Workshop on Elliptic Curve Cryptography Standards at NIST headquarters in Gaithersburg, MD on June