Re[2]: q and j parameters for Diffie-Hellman

2009-02-16 Thread Maxim Masiutin
Hello Stephen, Monday, February 16, 2009, 13:00:09, you wrote: I can't see why anyone would want to use X9.42 DH these days. I have a hardware token that uses static-static DH with elliptic curves (I cannot change anything in this token and cannot force it to use Elgamal). The mode of

Re: Re[2]: q and j parameters for Diffie-Hellman

2009-02-16 Thread Ger Hobbelt
Hi, I don't know if you are aware of these threads: http://www.imc.org/ietf-smime/archive1/msg02805.html and http://www.vpnc.org/ietf-ipsec/99.ipsec/msg02021.html Both are several well known people in the industry sharing a bit about X9.42, which - at least to me - sounds like you might end up

Re[2]: q and j parameters for Diffie-Hellman

2009-02-16 Thread Maxim Masiutin
Hello Stephen, Thank you for your comment, I know that Elgamal doesn't have side effect of SS DH. May I invent an OID for SS DH EC if I need to implement it? Should I write a message to S/MIME mailing list? -- Best regards, Maxim Masiutinmailto:m...@ritlabs.com

Re: Re[2]: q and j parameters for Diffie-Hellman

2009-02-16 Thread Kyle Hamilton
If you have an IANA Private Enterprise Number, you can invent your own OID (since you own an OID tree). For example, mine is 1.3.6.1.4.1.22232. (To be explicit: you are NOT authorized to invent any OID under this tree, as it belongs to me, not you.) http://pen.iana.org/pen/PenApplication.page