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// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
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// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
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-// Package bn256 implements a particular bilinear group at the 128-bit security level.
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+// Package bn256 implements a particular bilinear group.
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//
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// Bilinear groups are the basis of many of the new cryptographic protocols
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// that have been proposed over the past decade. They consist of a triplet of
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// Barreto-Naehrig curve as described in
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// http://cryptojedi.org/papers/dclxvi-20100714.pdf. Its output is compatible
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// with the implementation described in that paper.
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+//
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+// (This package previously claimed to operate at a 128-bit security level.
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+// However, recent improvements in attacks mean that is no longer true. See
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+// https://moderncrypto.org/mail-archive/curves/2016/000740.html.)
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package bn256 // import "golang.org/x/crypto/bn256"
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import (
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