Effect of EC_GROUP_precompute_mult when doing signature verification (ECDSA_verify)

2012-10-09 Thread Rune K. Svendsen
Hello list I became aware of EC_GROUP_precompute_mult when I had to generate a lot of public keys fast. It speeds up this process by about a factor of 5. So it's been very useful for me. I've been researching if EC_GROUP_precompute_mult has any effect when verifying ECDSA signatures using

Re: Effect of EC_GROUP_precompute_mult when doing signature verification (ECDSA_verify)

2012-10-09 Thread Bodo Moeller
On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 12:29 PM, Rune K. Svendsen runesv...@gmail.comwrote: I've been researching if EC_GROUP_precompute_mult has any effect when verifying ECDSA signatures using ECDSA_verify, and my results are somewhat inconclusive. I see a small speedup, around 2-5%, but I'm not sure what