IPSec Working Group S. Blake-Wilson, Y. Poeluev, and M. Salter
INTERNET-DRAFT Certicom Corp. and National Security Agency
Expires September 14, 2001 March 15, 2001
Additional ECC Groups For IKE
<draft-ietf-ipsec-ike-ecc-groups-03.txt>
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Abstract
This document describes new ECC groups for use in IKE [IKE]
in addition to the Oakley groups included therein. These groups
are defined to align IKE with other ECC implementations and standards,
and in addition, many of them provide higher strength than the Oakley
groups. It should be noted that this document is not self-contained.
It uses the notations and definitions of [IKE].
Table of Contents
1. Introduction ............................................... 2
2. Additional Oakley Groups ................................... 4
2.1. Sixth Group .............................................. 4
2.2. Seventh Group ............................................ 5
2.3. Eighth Group ............................................. 6
2.4. Ninth Group .............................................. 7
2.5. Tenth Group .............................................. 8
2.6. Eleventh Group ........................................... 9
2.7. Twelth Group .............................................10
2.8. Thirteenth Group .........................................11
3. Security Considerations ....................................13
4. Intellectual Property Rights ...............................13
5. Acknowledgments ............................................14
6. References .................................................14
7. Authors' Addresses .........................................15
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1. Introduction
This document describes default groups for use in elliptic curve Diffie-
Hellman in IKE in addition to the Oakley groups included in [IKE].
The document assumes that the reader is familiar with the IKE protocol
and the concept of Oakley Groups, as defined in RFC 2409 [IKE].
RFC2409 [IKE] defines five standard Oakley Groups - three modular exponen-
tiation groups and two elliptic curve groups over GF[2^N]. One modular exp-
onentiation group (768 bits - Oakley Group 1) is mandatory for all implemen-
tations to support, while the other four are optional. Both elliptic curve
groups (Oakley Groups 3 and 4) are defined over GF[2^N] with N composite.
Implementations have shown that users of elliptic curve groups can signifi-
cantly improve their performance and achieve more security by using groups
other than the Oakley Groups 1, 2, or 5. The purpose of this document is to
expand the options available to implementers of elliptic curve groups by
adding eight new groups. The reasons for adding these new groups include
the following.
- The groups proposed encourage alignment with other elliptic curve
standards. Oakley Groups 3 and 4 were defined prior to the availability of
other elliptic curve standards and they are therefore not aligned with
other efforts. Specifically, unlike Oakley groups 3 and 4, the proposed
groups use base points whose order is prime (as required by IEEE [P1363]
and ANSI [X9.62, X9.63]), they use base points whose prime order is
greater than 2^160 (as required by ANSI [X9.62, X9.63]), and they use the
octet string representation for points recommended in IEEE [P1363] and
ANSI [X9.62, X9.63].
- In addition the new groups are capable of providing security consistent
with AES keys of 128, 192, and 256 bits. The following table, taken from
[HOF] and [LEN], gives approximate comparable key sizes for symmetric
systems, ECC systems, and DH/DSA/RSA systems. The estimates are based
on the running times of the best algorithms known today.
Symmetric | ECC | DH/DSA/RSA
80 | 163 | 1024
128 | 283 | 3072
192 | 409 | 7680
256 | 571 | 15360
Table 1: comparable key sizes
Thus, for example, when securing a 192-bit symmetric key, it is prudent
to use either 409-bit ECC or 7680-bit DH/DSA/RSA. Of course it is possible
to use shorter asymmetric keys, but it should be recognized in this case
that the security of the system is likely dependent on the strength of the
public-key algorithm and claims such as "this system is highly secure because
it uses 192-bit encryption" are misleading.
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- The eight groups proposed in this document use elliptic curves over
GF[2^N] with N prime, unlike the existing Oakley Groups. This addresses
concerns expressed by many experts regarding curves defined over GF[2^N]
with N composite -- concerns highlighted by the recent attack on such
curves due to Gaudry, Hess, and Smart [WEIL].
- The eight groups proposed are amongst those recently standardized by NIST
in FIPS 186-2 [DSS] and the SECG in SEC2 [SEC2].
These groups could also be defined using the New Group Mode but including
them in this RFC will encourage interoperability of IKE implementations
based upon elliptic curve groups. This is particularly critical since the
available Oakley Groups based on elliptic curves are insufficient for the
reasons given above. In addition, the availability of standardized groups
will result in optimizations for a particular curve and field size as
well as allowing precomputation that could result in faster implementations.
The groups proposed here have been assigned identifiers by IANA [IANA]. Thus
the full list of assigned values for the Group Description class within IKE
is the following. (The first four groups may be found in RFC 2409 [IKE];
the last eight groups are defined in this document.)
Group Description Value
----------------- -----
Default 768-bit MODP group 1
Alternate 1024-bit MODP group 2
EC2NGF155 group over GF[2^155] 3
EC2NGF185 group over GF[2^185] 4
Reserved to IANA 5
EC2NGF163Random group over GF[2^163] (Section 2.1) 6
EC2NGF163Koblitz group over GF[2^163] (Section 2.2) 7
EC2NGF283Random group over GF[2^283] (Section 2.3) 8
EC2NGF283Koblitz group K-283 over GF[2^283] (Section 2.4) 9
EC2NGF409Random group B-409 over GF[2^409] (Section 2.5) 10
EC2NGF409Koblitz group K-409 over GF[2^409] (Section 2.6) 11
EC2NGF571Random group B-571 over GF[2^571] (Section 2.7) 12
EC2NGF571Koblitz group K-571 over GF[2^571] (Section 2.8) 13
In summary, due to the performance advantages of elliptic curve groups in
IKE implementations and the need for standardized groups as alternatives
to Oakley Groups 3 and 4, this document defines eight new groups based on
elliptic curve groups. The groups are defined at four field sizes: GF[2^163],
GF[2^283], GF[2^409] and GF[2^571]. These field sizes correspond to 80-bit,
128-bit, 192-bit and 256-bit symmetric key strengths respectively.
Two curves are defined at each strength - a Koblitz curve that enables
especially efficient implementations due to the special structure of the
curve [Kob, NSA] and a curve chosen verifiably at random (as defined in
ANSI [X9.62]). The groups are assigned numbers numbers 6 to 13 by IANA [IANA].
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2. Additional Oakley Groups
The notation adopted in RFC2409 [IKE] is used below to describe the new
Oakley Groups proposed.
2.1 Sixth Group
IKE implementations SHOULD support a EC2N group with the following charac-
teristics. This group is assigned id 6 (six). The curve is based on the
Galois Field GF[2^163]. The field size is 163. The irreducible polynomial
used to represent the field is:
u^163 + u^7 + u^6 + u^3 + 1.
The equation for the elliptic curve is:
y^2 + xy = x^3 + ax^2 + b.
Specifically the group is defined by the following characteristics:
Field size:
163
Irreducible polynomial:
0x0800000000000000000000000000000000000000C9
Group Curve a:
0x07B6882CAAEFA84F9554FF8428BD88E246D2782AE2
Group Curve b:
0x0713612DCDDCB40AAB946BDA29CA91F73AF958AFD9
Group Generator point P (compressed):
0x030369979697AB43897789566789567F787A7876A654
Group Generator point P (uncompressed):
0x040369979697AB43897789566789567F787A7876A654
00435EDB42EFAFB2989D51FEFCE3C80988F41FF883
The order of the base point P defined above is the prime:
0x03FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF48AAB689C29CA710279B
The group order is twice this prime.
The group was chosen verifiably at random using SHA-1 as specified in
[X9.62] from the seed:
0x24B7B137C8A14D696E6768756151756FD0DA2E5C
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However, for historical reasons, the method to generate the group from the
seed differs slightly from the method described in [X9.62]. Specifically
the coefficient Group Curve b produced from the seed is the reverse
of the coefficient that would have been produced by the method described
in [X9.62].
The data in the KE payload when using this group is the octet string
representation specified in ANSI X9.62, ANSI X9.63, FIPS 186-2, and IEEE
P1363 of the point on the curve chosen by taking the randomly chosen secret
Ka and computing Ka*P, where * is the repetition of the group addition and
double operations. Note that this payload differs from the payload specified
for groups 3 and 4 - it is aligned instead with other recent standardization
efforts in ECC.
This group corresponds to the curve sect163r1 in SEC 2 [SEC2]. It is also
recommended in ANSI X9.63 [X9.63] and echeck [ECHECK].
2.2 Seventh Group
IKE implementations SHOULD support a EC2N group with the following charac-
teristics. This group is assigned id 7 (seven). The curve is based on the
Galois Field GF[2^163]. The field size is 163. The irreducible polynomial
used to represent the field is:
u^163 + u^7 + u^6 + u^3 + 1.
The equation for the elliptic curve is:
y^2 + xy = x^3 + ax^2 + b.
Specifically the group is defined by the following characteristics:
Field size:
163
Irreducible polynomial:
0x0800000000000000000000000000000000000000C9
Group Curve a:
0x000000000000000000000000000000000000000001
Group Curve b:
0x000000000000000000000000000000000000000001
Group Generator point P (compressed):
0x0302FE13C0537BBC11ACAA07D793DE4E6D5E5C94EEE8
Group Generator point P (uncompressed):
0x0402FE13C0537BBC11ACAA07D793DE4E6D5E5C94EEE8
0289070FB05D38FF58321F2E800536D538CCDAA3D9
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The order of the base point P above is the prime:
0x04000000000000000000020108A2E0CC0D99F8A5EF
The group order is twice this prime.
The data in the KE payload when using this group is the octet string
representation specified in ANSI X9.62, ANSI X9.63, FIPS 186-2, and IEEE
P1363 of the point on the curve chosen by taking the randomly chosen secret
Ka and computing Ka*P, where * is the repetition of the group addition and
double operations. Note that the format of this data is identical to the
format used with Oakley Group 6 (six).
This group corresponds to the curve K-163 in FIPS 186-2 [DSS] and sect163k1
in SEC 2 [SEC2]. It is also recommended in ANSI [X9.63], echeck [ECHECK],
and WAP [WTLS].
2.3 Eighth Group
IKE implementations SHOULD support a EC2N group with the following charac-
teristics. This group is assigned id 8 (eight). The curve is based on the
Galois Field GF[2^283]. The field size is 283. The irreducible polynomial
used to represent the field is:
u^283 + u^12 + u^7 + u^5 + 1.
The equation for the elliptic curve is:
y^2 + xy = x^3 + ax^2 + b.
Specifically the group is defined by the following characteristics:
Field size:
283
Irreducible polynomial:
0x0800000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000010A1
Group Curve a:
0x000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001
Group Curve b:
0x027B680AC8B8596DA5A4AF8A19A0303FCA97FD7645309FA2A581485AF6263E313B79A2F5
Group Generator point P (compressed):
0x0305F939258DB7DD90E1934F8C70B0DFEC2EED25B8557EAC9C80E2E198F8CDBECD86B12053
Group Generator point P (uncompressed):
0x0405F939258DB7DD90E1934F8C70B0DFEC2EED25B8557EAC9C80E2E198F8CDBECD86B12053
03676854FE24141CB98FE6D4B20D02B4516FF702350EDDB0826779C813F0DF45BE8112F4
The order of the base point P is the prime:
0x03FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFEF90399660FC938A90165B042A7CEFADB307
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The group order is twice this prime.
The group was chosen verifiably at random in normal basis
representation using SHA-1 as specified in [X9.62] from the seed:
0x77E2B07370EB0F832A6DD5B62DFC88CD06BB84BE
The data in the KE payload when using this group is the octet string
representation specified in ANSI X9.62, ANSI X9.63, FIPS 186-2, and IEEE
P1363 of the point on the curve chosen by taking the randomly chosen secret
Ka and computing Ka*P, where * is the repetition of the group addition and
double operations. Note that the format of this data is identical to the
format used with Oakley Group 6 (six).
This group corresponds to the curve B-283 (in the polynomial basis) in FIPS
186-2 [DSS] and sect283r1 in SEC 2 [SEC2]. It is also recommended in ANSI
[X9.63] and echeck [ECHECK].
2.4 Ninth Group
IKE implementations SHOULD support a EC2N group with the following charac-
teristics. This group is assigned id 9 (nine). The curve is based on the
Galois Field GF[2^283]. The field size is 283. The irreducible polynomial
used to represent the field is:
u^283 + u^12 + u^7 + u^5 + 1.
The equation for the elliptic curve is:
y^2 + xy = x^3 + ax^2 + b.
Specifically the group is defined by the following characteristics:
Field size:
283
Irreducible polynomial:
0x0800000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000010A1
Group Curve a:
0x000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
Group Curve b:
0x000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001
Group Generator point P (compressed):
0x020503213F78CA44883F1A3B8162F188E553CD265F23C1567A16876913B0C2AC2458492836
Group Generator point P (uncompressed):
0x040503213F78CA44883F1A3B8162F188E553CD265F23C1567A16876913B0C2AC2458492836
01CCDA380F1C9E318D90F95D07E5426FE87E45C0E8184698E45962364E34116177DD2259
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The order of the base point P is the prime:
0x01FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFE9AE2ED07577265DFF7F94451E061E163C61
The group order is four times this prime.
The data in the KE payload when using this group is the octet string
representation specified in ANSI X9.62, ANSI X9.63, FIPS 186-2, and IEEE
P1363 of the point on the curve chosen by taking the randomly chosen secret
Ka and computing Ka*P, where * is the repetition of the group addition and
double operations. Note that the format of this data is identical to the
format used with Oakley Group 6 (six).
This group corresponds to the curve K-283 (in the polynomial basis) in FIPS
186-2 [DSS] and sect283k1 in SEC 2 [SEC2]. It is also recommended in ANSI
[X9.63] and echeck [ECHECK].
2.5 Tenth Group
IKE implementations SHOULD support a EC2N group with the following charac-
teristics. This group is assigned id 10 (ten). The curve is based on the
Galois Field GF[2^409]. The field size is 409. The irreducible polynomial
used to represent the field is:
u^409 + u^87 + 1.
The equation for the elliptic curve is:
y^2 + xy = x^3 + ax^2 + b.
Specifically the group is defined by the following characteristics:
Field size:
409
Irreducible polynomial:
0x2000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
000000000000000000000000008000000000000000000001
Group Curve a:
0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001
Group Curve b:
0x021A5C2C8EE9FEB5C4B9A753B7B476B7FD6422EF1F3DD674761FA99
D6AC27C8A9A197B272822F6CD57A55AA4F50AE317B13545F
Group Generator point P (compressed):
0x03015D4860D088DDB3496B0C6064756260441CDE4AF1771D4DB01F
FE5B34E59703DC255A868A1180515603AEAB60794E54BB7996A7
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Group Generator point P (uncompressed):
0x04015D4860D088DDB3496B0C6064756260441CDE4AF1771D4DB01F
FE5B34E59703DC255A868A1180515603AEAB60794E54BB7996A7
0061B1CFAB6BE5F32BBFA78324ED106A7636B9C5A7BD198D0158
AA4F5488D08F38514F1FDF4B4F40D2181B3681C364BA0273C706
The order of the base point P is the prime:
0x10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001E2
AAD6A612F33307BE5FA47C3C9E052F838164CD37D9A21173
The group order is twice this prime.
The group was chosen verifiably at random in normal basis
representation using SHA-1 as specified in [X9.62] from the seed:
0x4099B5A457F9D69F79213D094C4BCD4D4262210B
The data in the KE payload when using this group is the octet string
representation specified in ANSI X9.62, ANSI X9.63, FIPS 186-2, and IEEE
P1363 of the point on the curve chosen by taking the randomly chosen secret
Ka and computing Ka*P, where * is the repetition of the group addition and
double operations. Note that the format of this data is identical to the
format used with Oakley Group 6 (six).
This group corresponds to the curve B-409 (in the polynomial basis) in FIPS
186-2 [DSS] and sect409r1 in SEC 2 [SEC2].
2.6 Eleventh Group
IKE implementations SHOULD support a EC2N group with the following charac-
teristics. This group is assigned id 11 (eleven). The curve is based on the
Galois Field GF[2^409]. The field size is 409. The irreducible polynomial
used to represent the field is:
u^409 + u^87 + 1.
The equation for the elliptic curve is:
y^2 + xy = x^3 + ax^2 + b.
Specifically the group is defined by the following characteristics:
Field size:
409
Irreducible polynomial:
0x2000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
000000000000000000000000008000000000000000000001
Group Curve a:
0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
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Group Curve b:
0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001
Group Generator point P (compressed):
0x030060F05F658F49C1AD3AB1890F7184210EFD0987E307C84C27AC
CFB8F9F67CC2C460189EB5AAAA62EE222EB1B35540CFE9023746
Group Generator point P (uncompressed):
0x040060F05F658F49C1AD3AB1890F7184210EFD0987E307C84C27AC
CFB8F9F67CC2C460189EB5AAAA62EE222EB1B35540CFE9023746
01E369050B7C4E42ACBA1DACBF04299C3460782F918EA427E632
5165E9EA10E3DA5F6C42E9C55215AA9CA27A5863EC48D8E0286B
The order of the base point P is the prime:
0x7FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFE5F8
3B2D4EA20400EC4557D5ED3E3E7CA5B4B5C83B8E01E5FCF
The group order is four times this prime.
The data in the KE payload when using this group is the octet string
representation specified in ANSI X9.62, ANSI X9.63, FIPS 186-2, and IEEE
P1363 of the point on the curve chosen by taking the randomly chosen secret
Ka and computing Ka*P, where * is the repetition of the group addition and
double operations. Note that the format of this data is identical to the
format used with Oakley Group 6 (six).
This group corresponds to the curve K-409 (in the polynomial basis) in FIPS
186-2 [DSS] and sect409k1 in SEC 2 [SEC2].
2.7 Twelfth Group
IKE implementations SHOULD support a EC2N group with the following charac-
teristics. This group is assigned id 12 (twelve). The curve is based on the
Galois Field GF[2^571]. The field size is 571. The irreducible polynomial
used to represent the field is:
u^571 + u^10 + u^5 + u^2 + 1.
The equation for the elliptic curve is:
y^2 + xy = x^3 + ax^2 + b.
Specifically the group is defined by the following characteristics:
Field size:
571
Irreducible polynomial:
0x80000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000425
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Group Curve a:
0x00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001
Group Curve b:
0x2F40E7E2221F295DE297117B7F3D62F5C6A97FFCB8CEFF1CD6BA8CE4A9A18AD84FFABBD
8EFA59332BE7AD6756A66E294AFD185A78FF12AA520E4DE739BACA0C7FFEFF7F2955727A
Group Generator point P (compressed):
0x030303001D34B856296C16C0D40D3CD7750A93D1D2955FA80AA5F40FC8DB7B2ABDBDE53950
F4C0D293CDD711A35B67FB1499AE60038614F1394ABFA3B4C850D927E1E7769C8EEC2D19
Group Generator point P (uncompressed):
0x040303001D34B856296C16C0D40D3CD7750A93D1D2955FA80AA5F40FC8DB7B2ABDBDE53950
F4C0D293CDD711A35B67FB1499AE60038614F1394ABFA3B4C850D927E1E7769C8EEC2D19
037BF27342DA639B6DCCFFFEB73D69D78C6C27A6009CBBCA1980F8533921E8A684423E43
BAB08A576291AF8F461BB2A8B3531D2F0485C19B16E2F1516E23DD3C1A4827AF1B8AC15B
The order of the base point P is the prime:
0x3FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
E661CE18FF55987308059B186823851EC7DD9CA1161DE93D5174D66E8382E9BB2FE84E47
The group order is twice this prime.
The group was chosen verifiably at random in normal basis
representation using SHA-1 as specified in [X9.62] from the seed:
0x2AA058F73A0E33AB486B0F610410C53A7F132310
The data in the KE payload when using this group is the octet string
representation specified in ANSI X9.62, ANSI X9.63, FIPS 186-2, and IEEE
P1363 of the point on the curve chosen by taking the randomly chosen secret
Ka and computing Ka*P, where * is the repetition of the group addition and
double operations. Note that the format of this data is identical to the
format used with Oakley Group 6 (six).
This group corresponds to the curve B-571 (in the polynomial basis) in FIPS
186-2 [DSS] and sect571r1 in SEC 2 [SEC2].
2.8 Thirteenth Group
IKE implementations SHOULD support a EC2N group with the following charac-
teristics. This group is assigned id 13 (thirteen). The curve is based on
the Galois Field GF[2^571]. The field size is 571. The irreducible poly-
nomial used to represent the field is:
u^571 + u^10 + u^5 + u^2 + 1.
The equation for the elliptic curve is:
y^2 + xy = x^3 + ax^2 + b.
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Specifically the group is defined by the following characteristics:
Field size:
571
Irreducible polynomial:
0x80000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000425
Group Curve a:
0x00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
Group Curve b:
0x00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001
Group Generator point P (compressed):
0x02026EB7A859923FBC82189631F8103FE4AC9CA2970012D5D46024804801841CA443709584
93B205E647DA304DB4CEB08CBBD1BA39494776FB988B47174DCA88C7E2945283A01C8972
Group Generator point P (uncompressed):
0x04026EB7A859923FBC82189631F8103FE4AC9CA2970012D5D46024804801841CA443709584
93B205E647DA304DB4CEB08CBBD1BA39494776FB988B47174DCA88C7E2945283A01C8972
0349DC807F4FBF374F4AEADE3BCA95314DD58CEC9F307A54FFC61EFC006D8A2C9D4979C0
AC44AEA74FBEBBB9F772AEDCB620B01A7BA7AF1B320430C8591984F601CD4C143EF1C7A3
The order of the base point P is the prime:
0x20000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
131850E1F19A63E4B391A8DB917F4138B630D84BE5D639381E91DEB45CFE778F637C1001
The group order is four times this prime.
The data in the KE payload when using this group is the octet string
representation specified in ANSI X9.62, ANSI X9.63, FIPS 186-2, and IEEE
P1363 of the point on the curve chosen by taking the randomly chosen secret
Ka and computing Ka*P, where * is the repetition of the group addition and
double operations. Note that the format of this data is identical to the
format used with Oakley Group 6 (six).
This group corresponds to the curve K-571 (in the polynomial basis) in FIPS
186-2 [DSS] and sect571k1 in SEC 2 [SEC2].
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3. Security Considerations
Since this document proposes new groups for use within IKE, many of the
security considerations contained within RFC 2409 apply here as well.
Six of the groups proposed in this document offer higher strength than
those proposed in RFC 2409. In particular, there are two elliptic curves
corresponding to each of the symmetric key sizes 80 bits, 128 bits,
192 bits, and 256 bits. This allows the IKE key exchange to offer security
comparable with the proposed AES algorithms.
In addition, since all the new groups are defined over GF[2^N] with N
prime, they address the concerns expressed regarding the elliptic curve
groups included in RFC 2409, which are curves defined over GF[2^N] with
N composite. The work of Gaudry,Hess, and Smart [WEIL] reveal some of
the weaknesses in such groups.
4. Intellectual Property Rights
The IETF has been notified of intellectual property rights claimed in
regard to the specification contained in this document.
For more information, consult the online list of claimed rights
(http://www.ietf.org/ipr.html).
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5. Acknowledgments
The authors would like to thank Prakash Panjwani and John O. Goyo
(Certicom Corp.) for their comments and recommendations.
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7. Authors' Addresses
Authors:
Simon Blake-Wilson
Certicom Corp.
sblake-wilson@certicom.com
Yuri Poeluev
Certicom Corp.
ypoeluev@certicom.com
Margaret Salter
National Security Agency
msalter@radium.ncsc.mil
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