On Nov 25, 2013, at 12:22 AM, Igor Galić <[email protected]> wrote:

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> 
> ----- Original Message -----
>> Here's the commit adding ECDHE support to apache httpd:
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>> http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/httpd-cvs/200911.mbox/%[email protected]%3E
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> What this code does is more than just an initial throw, it enables to use
> ECC /keys/ all we need to start using ECDHE is the initialization.
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> http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/trunk/modules/ssl/ssl_engine_init.c?rev=834378&r1=834377&r2=834378&view=diff
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>> and for stud:
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>>      https://github.com/bumptech/stud/pull/61/files
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> Wow. That's bad. That looks specifically for the *bad* NSA curve constants
> before initializing the ec code. That's not something I'd rely on, since
> not even NIST is any more.

I believe that this code originates from an OpenSSL mailing list recommendation 
from the OpenSSL devs. Do you have the list of "bad" NIST curves?

J

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