[tahoe-dev] [pycryptopp] #2: deterministic generation of private key from small seed

[pycryptopp]

#2: deterministic generation of private key from small seed
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Reporter:  zooko        |           Owner:  zooko
    Type:  enhancement  |          Status:  new  
Priority:  major        |         Version:  0.4.0
Keywords:               |   Launchpad_bug:       
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Comment(by warner):

 That sounds good. Although, after reading quickly through the paper, I'm
 still not sure why we need the expander, if SHA-2-512d will give us 512
 bits of quality entropy, and we don't have any curves larger than 512
 bits. Does it take more than K bits to construct a private key for a K-bit
 curve?

 But, their arguments seem sound, and going with a respected standard wins
 in my book.
 Your proposal sounds fine to me.

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Ticket URL: <http://allmydata.org/trac/pycryptopp/ticket/2#comment:6>
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