Curve p25519 Replacements for GnuPG?(x2 now) Re: Pretty Curved Privacy.. ECC Curve p25519 util(Bernstein approved curve)

[stef]

On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 10:27:41PM -0800, nymble wrote:
> 
> consistent key formats are critical, need to converge on:
> - endianness

then pls also make hw converge on endianness.

> - coordinate representation x, x&y, x and sign …
> or bits to show which of these …. perhaps borrow ANSI method

makes no sense in case of nacl/sodium. it is const.
> - hint / indication of cipher suite / curve 

makes no sense in case of nacl/sodium. it is const.

> - text encoding of binary format (ascii)
> - text encoding of binary format (utf8)
> - human readable format

easily convertible.

> > ecc public key curve p25519(pcp 0.15)
> leaking crypto suite
> key should be usable in other contexts besides pcp 0.15
> 
> 
> > 1l0$WoM5C8z=yeZG7?$]f^Uu8.g>4rf#t^6mfW9(rr910
> one of several possible text encodings
> Others might include:
> - base 29 
> - base 59
> - base 4096 (for UTF8 channels)

i like base85. ;)

diversity!


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