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		ingenter on May 24, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cryptographic Right Answers Hypothetically, if any weakness is found in Curve25519, what happens to NaCl users?

marcosdumay on May 24, 2015 [–]

The same thing that happens to 2048 bit RSA users if yet another weakness is found on it. Or the same thing that happens on the users of the NIST curves if some weakness is found (or disclosed).

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