On 7/19/2018 3:36 PM, Michael StJohns wrote:
On 7/16/2018 4:42 PM, Adam Petcher wrote:
Though it has the additional benefit...
Actually...
The implementation may also need...
Nope...
I think that you interpreted my statements a bit more specifically that
I intended. I was speaking in
On 7/16/2018 4:42 PM, Adam Petcher wrote:
I think the reason for the hard-coded curves is largely historical,
and I don't know of a security-related reason for it (other than the
prevention of insecure parameters). Though it has the additional
benefit that it simplifies the interface a lot,
Hi -
Every so often I run into some rather strange things in the way the Sun
EC classes were built. Most recently, I was trying to use the SunEC
provider to do a PACE like protocol. Basically, the idea was to be able
to generate public key points on the P-256 curve, but with a different
