My complaint with Curve448 is that most things don't use it, so implementations are less reviewed.
The primary reason to select 448 over 25519 is a "biggest rock is best rock" approach to cryptography parameters. It doesn't help in any realistic scenario, nor against quantum attackers at all.
Soatok Dreamseeker /
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2024-05-17 16:31:08
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