- From: Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos <nikos.mavrogiannopoulos@esat.kuleuven.be>
- Date: Fri, 24 May 2013 16:07:07 +0200
- To: Ryan Sleevi <sleevi@google.com>
- Cc: <public-webcrypto-comments@w3.org>, danny de cock <danny.decock@esat.kuleuven.be>, Filipe Beato <filipe.beato@esat.kuleuven.be>
On 2013-05-23 19:13, Ryan Sleevi wrote: >> The diffie-hellman parameters in 19.13.3 are restricted to the prime >> and >> generator. With that information special parameters that allow for >> optimizations (see "Computational Introduction to Number Theory and >> Algebra" >> by V. Shoup) are not allowed (an example is when p=2wq+1). An easy >> way to >> overcome this restriction would be to add an additional parameter >> that >> indicates the desired size of the private key, similarly to PKCS #3 >> format >> for DH. > This omission was intentional, due to lack of wide implementation of > support. Hello, It could be, but that doesn't sound like a good reason. The fact that current implementations are sub-optimal doesn't really justify preventing others from being faster. regards, Nikos
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