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Fundamental Elliptic Curve Cryptography Algorithms
draft-mcgrew-fundamental-ecc-04

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Date Rev. By Action
2020-01-21
04 (System) Received changes through RFC Editor sync (added Verified Errata tag)
2015-10-14
04 (System) Notify list changed from mcgrew@cisco.com, msalter@restarea.ncsc.mil, kmigoe@nsa.gov, draft-mcgrew-fundamental-ecc@ietf.org to (None)
2011-02-03
04 Cindy Morgan State changed to RFC Published from RFC Ed Queue.
2011-02-03
04 Cindy Morgan [Note]: 'RFC 6090' added
2011-02-03
04 Cindy Morgan Status Date has been changed to None from 2010-06-10
2011-02-02
04 (System) RFC published
2010-12-15
04 Cindy Morgan State changed to RFC Ed Queue from Approved-announcement sent.
2010-12-14
04 (System) IANA Action state changed to No IC from In Progress
2010-12-14
04 (System) IANA Action state changed to In Progress
2010-12-14
04 Cindy Morgan IESG state changed to Approved-announcement sent
2010-12-14
04 Cindy Morgan IESG has approved the document
2010-12-14
04 Cindy Morgan Closed "Approve" ballot
2010-12-14
04 Cindy Morgan Approval announcement text regenerated
2010-12-14
04 Cindy Morgan Ballot writeup text changed
2010-12-10
04 (System) New version available: draft-mcgrew-fundamental-ecc-04.txt
2010-07-16
04 (System) Removed from agenda for telechat - 2010-07-15
2010-07-15
04 Cindy Morgan State Changes to Approved-announcement to be sent::Point Raised - writeup needed from IESG Evaluation by Cindy Morgan
2010-07-15
04 Robert Sparks [Ballot Position Update] New position, No Objection, has been recorded by Robert Sparks
2010-07-15
04 Sean Turner [Ballot Position Update] New position, Yes, has been recorded by Sean Turner
2010-07-15
04 Ralph Droms
[Ballot comment]
This text from the Introduction could be a little clearer:

  Its intent is to provide the Internet community
  with a summary …
[Ballot comment]
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?
2010-07-15
04 Ralph Droms [Ballot Position Update] New position, No Objection, has been recorded by Ralph Droms
2010-07-15
04 Gonzalo Camarillo [Ballot Position Update] New position, No Objection, has been recorded by Gonzalo Camarillo
2010-07-15
04 Adrian Farrel [Ballot Position Update] New position, No Objection, has been recorded by Adrian Farrel
2010-07-15
04 Alexey Melnikov [Ballot Position Update] New position, No Objection, has been recorded by Alexey Melnikov
2010-07-14
04 Peter Saint-Andre [Ballot Position Update] New position, No Objection, has been recorded by Peter Saint-Andre
2010-07-14
04 Russ Housley
[Ballot comment]
Section 3.3.1 (Discriminant) includes:
  >
  > For each elliptic curve group, the discriminant - 16*(4*a^3 + 27*b^2)
  > must be …
[Ballot comment]
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/
2010-07-14
04 Russ Housley [Ballot Position Update] New position, No Objection, has been recorded by Russ Housley
2010-07-14
04 Ron Bonica [Ballot Position Update] New position, No Objection, has been recorded by Ron Bonica
2010-07-14
04 Dan Romascanu [Ballot Position Update] New position, No Objection, has been recorded by Dan Romascanu
2010-07-14
04 Stewart Bryant [Ballot Position Update] New position, No Objection, has been recorded by Stewart Bryant
2010-07-11
04 Samuel Weiler Request for Last Call review by SECDIR Completed. Reviewer: Tina Tsou.
2010-07-09
04 Tim Polk State Changes to IESG Evaluation from Waiting for AD Go-Ahead by Tim Polk
2010-07-09
04 Tim Polk Placed on agenda for telechat - 2010-07-15 by Tim Polk
2010-07-09
04 Tim Polk Note field has been cleared by Tim Polk
2010-07-09
04 Tim Polk [Ballot Position Update] New position, Yes, has been recorded for Tim Polk
2010-07-09
04 Tim Polk Ballot has been issued by Tim Polk
2010-07-09
04 Tim Polk Created "Approve" ballot
2010-07-09
04 (System) State has been changed to Waiting for AD Go-Ahead from In Last Call by system
2010-07-06
04 Amanda Baber IANA comments:

As described in the IANA Considerations section, we understand this
document to have NO IANA Actions.
2010-06-20
(System) Posted related IPR disclosure: Certicom's Statement of IPR regarding draft-mcgrew-fundamental-ecc-03
2010-06-11
04 Samuel Weiler Request for Last Call review by SECDIR is assigned to Tina Tsou
2010-06-11
04 Samuel Weiler Request for Last Call review by SECDIR is assigned to Tina Tsou
2010-06-11
04 Amy Vezza Last call sent
2010-06-11
04 Amy Vezza State Changes to In Last Call from Last Call Requested by Amy Vezza
2010-06-11
04 Tim Polk Last Call was requested by Tim Polk
2010-06-11
04 (System) Ballot writeup text was added
2010-06-11
04 (System) Last call text was added
2010-06-11
04 (System) Ballot approval text was added
2010-06-11
04 Tim Polk State Changes to Last Call Requested from Publication Requested by Tim Polk
2010-06-07
04 Tim Polk Draft Added by Tim Polk in state Publication Requested
2010-05-21
03 (System) New version available: draft-mcgrew-fundamental-ecc-03.txt
2010-02-19
02 (System) New version available: draft-mcgrew-fundamental-ecc-02.txt
2009-10-26
01 (System) New version available: draft-mcgrew-fundamental-ecc-01.txt
2009-07-06
00 (System) New version available: draft-mcgrew-fundamental-ecc-00.txt