Proven Primes

[Ben Laurie]

Jack Lloyd wrote:
> I believe the IPSec primes had been proven. All are SG primes with a g=2
> 
> Check RFC 2412, draft-ietf-ipsec-ikev2-05.txt, and
> draft-ietf-ipsec-ike-modp-groups-05.txt
> 
> However, I don't seen any primality proof certificates included in the
> texts.

RFC 2412 looks good, however, as you say, no certificates are included, 
nor is it made clear that (p-1)/2 has been proven.

I-Ds are less useful to me, since I can't give a long-term reference for 
them :-(

Thanks!

Ben.

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