[curves] Degenerate Curve Attacks

[Ben Harris]

On 29 Dec 2015 5:35 am, "Ron Garret" <ron at flownet.com> wrote:
> 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?
>
> Validate your curve points and you should be fine.

Or use point compression (which achieves the same thing, at least in the
twisted Edwards case).
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