Re: NSA chooses ECC

From: Anne & Lynn Wheeler (lynn_at_garlic.com)
Date: 10/27/03 

Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 02:40:53 GMT

"Roger Schlafly" <rogersc@mindspring.com> writes:
> A pretty silly assertion. The US govt had already endorsed DSA,
> Diffie-Hellman, and RSA. Obviously with NSA backing.

fips186-2, ec/dsa, x9.62 ... and the approved curves (see multiple
references on following page)
http://csrc.nist.gov/cryptval/dss.htm

both RSA and ec/dsa specifications are taken from X9 standards. 

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