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Re: Remove SHOULD for elliptic curve groups in IKEv2




>>>>> "Paul" == Paul Koning <pkoning@equallogic.com> writes:
    Paul> One data point:

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

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

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

  My understanding is that there are specific patents (less than a decade
old) on hardware accelerated EC. I do not recall who owed them, wasn't HiFn
or RSA/Verisign though.

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