New functions like gcry_ecc_mul_point.

[Werner Koch]

On Mon, 14 Dec 2020 08:13, Stef Bon said:
> Hi,
>
> I;m using libgrypt for my ssh library for all crypto: hashing,
> publickey, key-agreement (Diffie-Hellman dh and ecdh), encryption etc.
>
> Doing ecdh is hard since the way to get from buffers holding keys to
> ecc multiplication is hard.
> But here is this new function gcry_ecc_mul_point which is making my
> life a lot easier (for me as  a programmer at least!).
>
> Now what I want to know is: when does this function go into production
> releases? I've been programming similar functions myself and did not

You are right, releasing Libgcrypt 1.9 is long uverdue.  See
https://dev.gnupg.org/T4294

We also want to get GnuPG 2.3 out and this requires Libgcrypt 1.9.  Thus
a Libgcrypt 1.9 is definitely on our short list ... but I better don't
promise a concrete date :-(.

First quarter 2021 for 1.9 maybe.


Salam-Shalom,

   Werner

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