commit a3505a88e96d706fe7918033f10ed2a8e5892b07 parent 487bdc9926cca878d39adcb503ff30f99bc811bc Author: Schanzenbach, Martin <mschanzenbach@posteo.de> Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2019 15:34:14 +0200 update crypto intro more Diffstat:
| M | draft-schanzen-gns.xml | | | 8 | +++++--- |
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/draft-schanzen-gns.xml b/draft-schanzen-gns.xml @@ -102,18 +102,20 @@ </dd> <dt>p</dt> <dd> - is the prime of edwards25519 as defined in <xref target="RFC8032" />. + is the prime of Ed25519 as defined in <xref target="RFC8032" />, i.e. + 2^255 - 19. </dd> <dt>B</dt> <dd> is the group generator of the elliptic curve as defined in - <xref target="RFC8032" /> for EdDSA. + <xref target="RFC8032" /> for Ed25519. </dd> <dt>zk</dt> <dd> is the ECDSA public key corresponding to d. It is defined in <xref target="RFC6979" /> as the curve point d*B where B is the group - generator of the elliptic curve. + generator of the elliptic curve. Note that this is NOT a Ed25519 public + key. </dd> </dl>