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Re:BearSSL – Smaller SSL/TLS by revelation on Thursday November 03, 2016 @07:09PM (#12868912)
RSA means big integer which means unhappy performance on devices that often don't even have floating point in hardware. I think elliptic curve could be faster?
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Re:BearSSL – Smaller SSL/TLS by erichocean on Thursday November 03, 2016 @07:25PM (#12869030)
> I think elliptic curve could be faster?

Yes, EdDSA is faster, with 64 byte signatures. Recommended.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EdDSA

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