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Re: [P1363:] 1363.3: Inclusion of other techniques?



On Fri, July 4, 2008 18:40, Whyte, William said:

>> > I'm also open to starting a PAR for a 1363.3a to include pairing-
>> > based signatures if there's interest.
>>
>> In my opinion it would be a pity to leave this topic out, but as I
>> said, they
>> are not identity-based techniques.
>
> Agreed. So they wouldn't fit in 1363.3. However, the working group
> has flexibility to define the scope of a 1363.3a however it likes,
> so this wouldn't be a barrier.

Ah, yes, very good point. Thus 1363a could contain useful additional
pairing-based primitives that are not necessarily identity-based.

Paulo.

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