Arithmetic error in SunEC

[Adam Petcher]

On 10/17/2017 4:55 AM, Tobias Wagner wrote:

> Hi,
>
> we found an error in the GF(p)-arithmetics of SunEC, while adding
> support for brainpool-curves in ECDHE for TLS connections as
> suggested in RFC 7027.
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Thanks! I created JDK-8189594[1] to track this issue. My understanding 
is that this error doesn't cause any bugs in the existing JDK code, but 
it may cause bugs if we add new curves that use this optimization. If I 
am wrong about this, please let me know.

[1] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8189594

>
> Regards
> Tobias
>