On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 12:17:28AM -0400, Dave Garrett wrote: > Side question: what is the meaning of the "r" in the naming convention we > use? (e.g. secp521r1, & sect571r1 vs. sect571k1)
The "r" means that a mysterious seed can be used to "verify" that
the curve paramets are ("nothing up my sleeve") *r*andom.
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Viktor.
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