1995-11-13 - Re: Diffie-Hellman in GF(2^n)?

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From: Carl Ellison <cme@TIS.COM>
To: daw@cs.berkeley.edu
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UTC Datetime: 1995-11-13 16:19:42 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 00:19:42 +0800

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From: Carl Ellison <cme@TIS.COM>
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 00:19:42 +0800
To: daw@cs.berkeley.edu
Subject: Re: Diffie-Hellman in GF(2^n)?
In-Reply-To: <199511130525.VAA21438@comsec.com>
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>From: David A Wagner <daw@CS.Berkeley.EDU>
>Date: Sun, 12 Nov 1995 14:43:53 -0800 (PST)


>``Hence the fields GF(2^n) out to be avoided in all cryptographic
>applications.''

I wonder what this implies about elliptic curve applications over
GF(2^n)...






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