Quoting Andrew McGlashan (andrew.mcglashan@affinityvision.com.au):
The NIST problem is specific to /their/ earlier recommendations; and no, I don't think you can trust NIST.
For me specifically as opposed to most people here, the subversion of NIST was particularly irritating because it's funded by _my_ tax dollars. ('Their recommendtions' were seemingly fed to them by No Such Agency -- and NIST had the abysmal judgement to accept same uncritically.)
But if you stay clear of the particular NIST EC option, then other EC options are okay.
Well, that's the interesting question, isn't it? It's not at all clear that such are OK. (Please see links.) Much has necessarily been cast into doubt. -- Cheers, Controversy is dreaded only by the advocates of error. Rick Moen -- Benjamin Rush rick@linuxmafia.com