[Cryptography] Need a list of Solinas/pseudo Mersene Primes.
Sidney Markowitz
sidney at sidney.com
Thu Aug 30 19:33:08 EDT 2018
Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote on 31/08/18 3:39 AM:
> I am using Shamir secret sharing as a recovery mechanism for private keys and
> would like to extend this to recover quantum resistant keys. As a result, I
> need a nice round prime greater than 2^256.
>
> Finding a nice round prime smaller than 2^256 is easy, 2^255-2^19-1. But I
> need 2^256-x. I was looking for lists of Solinas primes but can't find one
> with what I need.
>
> Anyone got a pointer?
Are you asking for exactly 256 or greater than or equal to 256?
There are a number of both listed in the table of curves in
https://safecurves.cr.yp.to/
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