[openssl-users] Better understanding of EC encryption API

[Jeffrey Walton]

> In the past BouncyCastle and Crypto++ could not interop even though
> they both claim to follow P1363. IEEE did not publish test vectors, so
> each library had a misinterpretation that ensured they did not
> interop. Here were the issues for each library:
>
>   * BouncyCastle
>       - Label should be 8 octets
>
>     * Crypto++
>       - Length of the label specified in bits
>
> BouncyCastle fixed their issue in version 1.53 (about 2 months ago).
> Crypto++ is fixing their issue at 5.7 (in about 2 months).
>
> If you need a "gold" standard, then use BouncyCastle's implementation,
> version 5.7 or above.

That should be BouncyCastle 1.53 or above.

Jeff