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RE: draft of the ISAKMP/Oakley draft
As a point of comparative information, IEEE P1363 and ANSI X9 groups
working with elliptic curve cryptography have supported both GF(p) and
GF(2^n) curves to a level parallel with one another.
--jl
John Linn (linn@rsa.com), writing as an individual from
RSA Laboratories East, Bedford, MA, USA
> ----------
> From: Michael Bungert[SMTP:Michael.Bungert@mchp.siemens.de]
> Sent: Friday, October 24, 1997 8:32 PM
> To: Daniel Harkins
> Cc: ipsec@tis.com
> Subject: Re: draft of the ISAKMP/Oakley draft
>
> Dan,
>
> thank you for your reply. I have suggested the addition of GF(p)
> curves because I think that if an IETF standard recommends
> elliptic curves then both types (GF(p) and GF(2^N)) should be
> recommended.
> Obviously, my suggestion is supported by others but I can also
> agree to your proposal of having an Informational RFC describing
> strong groups and removing all but one mod p group from the
> ISAKMP/Oakley draft.
>
> Michael
>