1994-12-13 - Re: What, exactly is elliptic encryption?

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From: “Perry E. Metzger” <perry@imsi.com>
To: dfloyd@io.com
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UTC Datetime: 1994-12-13 14:47:38 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 13 Dec 94 06:47:38 PST

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From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@imsi.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 94 06:47:38 PST
To: dfloyd@io.com
Subject: Re: What, exactly is elliptic encryption?
In-Reply-To: <199412130621.AAA07346@pentagon.io.com>
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dfloyd@io.com says:
> What, exactly is elliptic curve encryption?

Basically, there are ways of extending public key methods into fields
other than the integers modulo some prime -- you can also perform
these methods in fields based on so-called eliptic curves, and when
you do it turns out that there are certain speed benefits.

Perry





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