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revelation on Nov 3, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: BearSSL – Smaller SSL/TLS

RSA means big integer which means unhappy performance on devices that often don't even have floating point in hardware. I think elliptic curve could be faster?

erichocean on Nov 3, 2016 [–]

> I think elliptic curve could be faster?

Yes, EdDSA is faster, with 64 byte signatures. Recommended.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EdDSA

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