On Thursday 09 October 2003 15:28, Frank wrote:
> Want to understand why (or is this wrong). When I call
> EC_POINT_point2oct() given a curve of size say 192 or 384. It always
> returns a size 1 greater then one would think. i.e. 192 yields 25 and
> 384 yields 49. Should it not be 24 bytes and 48
Want to understand why (or is this wrong). When I call
EC_POINT_point2oct() given a curve of size say 192 or 384. It always
returns a size 1 greater then one would think. i.e. 192 yields 25 and
384 yields 49. Should it not be 24 bytes and 48 bytes? i.e. 384 bits/8
bits-byte = 48.
Is there so