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Niels Möller
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2016-09-07 Niels Möller <nisse@lysator.liu.se>
* nettle.texinfo (Elliptic curves): Split into sub-nodes.
2016-09-06 Niels Möller <nisse@lysator.liu.se>
* NEWS: Update for 3.3.
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@@ -107,6 +107,12 @@ Public-key algorithms
* DSA:: The DSA digital signature algorithm.
* Elliptic curves:: Elliptic curves and ECDSA
@acronym
{
Elliptic curves
}
* Side-channel silence::
* ECDSA::
* Curve 25519::
@end detailmenu
@end menu
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@@ -4174,7 +4180,17 @@ visible to nettle users. The ``bitsize of the curve'' is used as a
shorthand for the bitsize of the curve's prime @math
{
p
}
, e.g., 256 bits
for @code
{
nettle
_
secp
_
256r1
}
.
@menu
* Side-channel silence::
* ECDSA::
* Curve 25519::
@end menu
@node Side-channel silence, ECDSA, , Elliptic curves
@comment node-name, next, previous, up
@subsubsection Side-channel silence
@cindex Side-channel attack
Nettle's implementation of the elliptic curve operations is intended to
be side-channel silent. The side-channel attacks considered are:
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@@ -4200,6 +4216,8 @@ accesses depend only on the size of the input data and its location in
memory, not on the actual data bits. This implies a performance penalty
in several of the building blocks.
@node ECDSA, Side-channel silence, Curve 25519, Elliptic curves
@comment node-name, next, previous, up
@subsubsection ECDSA
ECDSA is a variant of the DSA digital signature scheme (@pxref
{
DSA
}
),
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@@ -4302,6 +4320,8 @@ random octets and store them at @code{dst}. For advice, see
@xref
{
Randomness
}
.
@end deftypefun
@node Curve 25519, , ECDSA, Elliptic curves
@comment node-name, next, previous, up
@subsubsection Curve25519
@cindex Curve 25519
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