Fri Mar 4 14:17:27 EET 2016

openssl and libressl are shipping broken in 2009 elliptic curve secp112r1


As i wrote on cypherpunks in February:

openssl and libressl are shipping broken in 2009 elliptic curve
secp112r1.

$openssl ecparam -list_curves
secp112r1 : SECG/WTLS curve over a 112 bit prime field

http://lacal.epfl.ch/112bit_prime
>PlayStation 3 computing breaks 2^60 barrier 112-bit prime ECDLP solved

>This elliptic curve is standardized in the Standard for Efficient
>Cryptography (SEC), SEC2: Recommended Elliptic Curve Domain Parameters
>as curve secp112r1 and in the Wireless Transport Layer Security
>Specification

Good luck to those who have crypto ideals.

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