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Re:Not every elliptic curve is the same: trough on ECC secur... by tptacek on Thursday August 04, 2016 @12:35PM (#12226702)
Dual EC has nothing to do with the NIST curves.
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Re:Not every elliptic curve is the same: trough on ECC secur... by divbit on Thursday August 04, 2016 @12:42PM (#12226756)
I think what the root comment is referencing is that the dual EC standard being possibly compromised has made people take a closer look at NIST standards related to their curves.
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