RE: Remove SHOULD for elliptic curve groups in IKEv2

[Paul Koning <pkoning@equallogic.com>]

>>>>> "Mark" == Mark Winstead <Mark.Winstead@NetOctave.com> writes:

 Mark> Today it is fewer than 10%, but can't something close to that
 Mark> be said, at least recently, for AES?

 Mark> With AES and its increased key sizes coming, shouldn't more EC
 Mark> groups be included?

One data point:

Even before AES was nailed down, there were chip vendors announcing
hardware acceleration support for AES.

On the other hand, years after EC came out, hardware accelerator
support for it is still somewhere between very rare and nonexistent.

I'm inclined to view these data as an indication of the interest level
in EC; it supports Paul Hoffman's suggestion.

   paul