[curves] Degenerate Curve Attacks

Ron Garret ron at flownet.com
Mon Dec 28 10:35:47 PST 2015


On Dec 28, 2015, at 10:28 AM, Trevor Perrin <trevp at trevp.net> wrote:

> New paper:  https://eprint.iacr.org/2015/1233
> 
> Anyone able to summarize the practical implications?

"This new attack underscores the importance of point validation even over newer elliptic curve models.”

Validate your curve points and you should be fine.

rg



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