Posted on 09/14/2015 10:02:20 PM PDT by dayglored
Very good!
To add a few points to your post:
ECC is considered more secure than RSA for the same size keys.
ECC requires less compute resources than RSA.
There is a known quantum computer algorithm to quickly crack RSA encryption, given enough entangled bits (a working quantum computer). There is no such known algorithm for ECC.
Since this is open source, it will be audited by numerous crypto experts for potential weaknesses. I’m quite sure Microsoft had some very capable crytpo folk design this library.
There is a sticky point in that there are coefficients involved in the ECC algorithm, and wide distrust of those recommended by the NSA. I don’t know where things are at regarding arriving at widely trusted coefficients.
I’m no big fan of Microsoft in general, but in this case it is to be applauded.
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