On 2014-11-21 17:24, Paul Hoffman wrote:
> On Nov 20, 2014, at 9:40 PM, Joseph Salowey <[email protected]> wrote:
>> "The named curve registry contains 160-bit elliptic curves which are
>> considered to be roughly equivalent to only an 80-bit symmetric key
>> [ECRYPT-II]. The use of curves of less than 192-bits is NOT RECOMMENDED."
>
> Good catch, and this should be added to the text.
>
>> In the last paragraph the use of the term fingerprint seems odd and perhaps
>> misleading. I think the term hash algorithm would be better:
>>
>> "the use of the SHA-256 hash algorithm is RECOMMENDED"
>
> Yep.
Still only one voice of support for this change. Consensus is rough to
the point of almost being absent.
Any strong opinions from the authors? AFICT this is the final issue
before we close the WGLC
Cheers Leif
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