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authorMatthias Schiffer <mschiffer@universe-factory.net>2015-01-09 17:31:10 +0100
committerMatthias Schiffer <mschiffer@universe-factory.net>2015-01-09 17:31:10 +0100
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ec25519-fhmqvc: optimize handshake by using embedded group element verification
Using the embedded group element verification allows us to get away without explicit verification, thus needing one scalar multiplication less. This reduces the number of expensive operations needed for a handshake to three: one Galois field square root (for key unpacking) and two scalar multiplications. For this optimization to be secure, private keys must be divisible by 8. This is the case for all keys generated with all but extremely old versions of fastd (pre-0.4). If fastd finds that its secret is not divisible by 8, it will refuse to start now.
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