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@@ -184,6 +184,15 @@ Generate a prime field, uniquely generated random curve, of size 192 bits, also } }] + +> [!NOTE] +> The command-line interface is quite tricky and **will** ignore options somewhat silently, +> meaning that the computation will go on and some properties of the output curve will be wrong. +> +> If this happens, you will get a warning such as: +> > Warning: Ignored command-line argument prime (-p/--prime). + + ### Docs See [docs](docs/readme.md). Also: @@ -236,11 +245,14 @@ Four different EC curve parameters generation methods are implemented. #### Supersingular curves + - Generates curves of order equal to prime + 1 (trace of Frobenius equal to zero). + - Used with the `--supersingular` option. + - These curves are **NOT SECURE** and are useful for implementation testing. - [CONSTRUCTING SUPERSINGULAR ELLIPTIC CURVES - [Broker]](https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/56c5/5b9cf0b218f93b8d263cc9f64ccb5fb97f52.pdf) #### Anomalous curve generation - - Generates curves of order equal to field order. + - Generates curves of order equal to field order (trace of Frobenius equal to 1). - Used with the `--anomalous` option. - These curves are **NOT SECURE** and are useful for implementation testing. - [Elliptic curves over F_p suitable for cryptosystems - [Miyaji]](https://dspace.jaist.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/10119/4464/1/73-61.pdf) @@ -251,8 +263,8 @@ Four different EC curve parameters generation methods are implemented. ecgen can be built using Make or CMake. ecgen uses git submodules for testing at: - `test/lib/assert.sh` pointing at <https://github.com/J08nY/assert.sh> - - `test/lib/JSON.sh` pointing at <https://github.com/jimklimov/JSON.sh> - - `test/lib/criterion` pointing at <https://github.com/Snaipe/Criterion> + - `test/lib/JSON.sh` pointing at <https://github.com/J08nY/JSON.sh> + - `test/lib/criterion` pointing at <https://github.com/Snaipe/Criterion>, its build requires meson. these need to be initialized for `make test` to work. |