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Re:PuTTY vulnerability vuln-p521-bias by pclmulqdq on Monday April 15, 2024 @04:43PM (#40045320)
The 521 curve is the only one using a Mersenne prime, which has significant advantages when you do calculations, but also feels less arbitrary.
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