Curve25519 and ECC Security
The cluster focuses on debates about using Curve25519 and Ed25519 elliptic curves over RSA and NIST curves due to security concerns like NSA backdoors, implementation pitfalls, and djb's endorsements.
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So? Curve25519 provides secure parameters for ECC, why not use it everywhere? How's that not secure? Is RSA secure? Is it because there were 3 people involved?
ECC (curve 25519) would be preferable.
A reason, and not the best one, to stop using RSA and conventional DH and switch to elliptic curves.
It does use the eliptical curve encryption with nsa magic numbers iirc
Did you use elliptic curve instead of RSA?
Plus, Curve25519 and EdDSA have djb's stamp of approval.
Maybe their FIPS-140 certification prioritized the NIST curves? (speculation)
OMG. Is this an essay? There is X25519 with much shorter keys.
Elliptic Curve Cryptography is the only standard I believe in :P
Is it definitely proven that elliptic curves are safer to use?