Fundamental Elliptic Curve Cryptography Algorithms
draft-mcgrew-fundamental-ecc-04
Yes
No Objection
Note: This ballot was opened for revision 04 and is now closed.
(Sean Turner; former steering group member) Yes
(Tim Polk; former steering group member) Yes
(Adrian Farrel; former steering group member) No Objection
(Alexey Melnikov; former steering group member) No Objection
(Dan Romascanu; former steering group member) No Objection
(Gonzalo Camarillo; former steering group member) No Objection
(Peter Saint-Andre; former steering group member) No Objection
(Ralph Droms; former steering group member) No Objection
This text from the Introduction could be a little clearer: Its intent is to provide the Internet community with a summary of the basic algorithms that predate any specialized or optimized algorithms, which can be used as a normative specification. Is this document intended for use as a normative specification or is it intended to provide pointers to other documents that can be used as normative specifications?
(Robert Sparks; former steering group member) No Objection
(Ron Bonica; former steering group member) No Objection
(Russ Housley; former steering group member) No Objection
Section 3.3.1 (Discriminant) includes: > > For each elliptic curve group, the discriminant - 16*(4*a^3 + 27*b^2) > must be nonzero modulo p [S1986]; ... > I agree with the observation by Vijay Gurbani in the Gen-ART Review on 14-July-2010 that the hyphen can be misread as a minus sign. I suggest replacing placing "16*(4*a^3 + 27*b^2)" in commas. Section 3.3.2 (Security) begins: > > Security is highly dependent on the choice of these parameters. This > section gives normative guidance on acceptable choices. See also > Section 10 for informative guidance. > This use of "normative" in an Information RFC is unusual. I suggest the section be renamed and the rewording or removal of this paragraph. I propose "Choosing Secure ECC Parameters" as a useful section name. In section 9: s/May, 1994/May 1994/
(Stewart Bryant; former steering group member) No Objection