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Lucky Green (shamrock@netcom.com)
Sun, 12 Apr 1998 16:14:19 -0700
At 09:52 98/04/08 -0800, Bill Frantz wrote:
>Elliptic curve cryptography uses a different mathematical base than the
>modular arithmetic used by the prime based systems. For more information
>about it see http://www.certicom.com/ecc/enter/index.htm (my candidate for
>best use of Java applets on the web.)
>
>In fairness, I understand that RSA disputes the security of Elliptic curve
>cryptography. Their stuff is probably available thru their web page
>http://www.rsa.com
RSADSI ceased to dispute the security of ECC the day they began selling ECC
in the latest version of BSAFE. I am not certain if this means that RSADSI
suddenly discovered new evidence of ECC's security.
-- Lucky Green <mailto:shamrock@netcom.com> PGP encrypted mail preferred
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violence, I would advise violence." Mahatma Gandhi
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