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159 points botanica_labs | 4 comments | 22 Oct 25 14:22 UTC | HN request time: 0.674s | source

1. neilv ◴[22 Oct 25 18:11 UTC] No.45672983[source]▶

> FourQ [...] Its name is derived from the four dimensional Gallant–Lambert–Vanstone scalar multiplication,

Funny if that's true.

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2. tptacek ◴[22 Oct 25 18:25 UTC] No.45673177[source]▶

The backstory on the name is --- I think --- a lot funnier. Read it out loud fast.

3. neilv ◴[23 Oct 25 00:11 UTC] No.45676744[source]▶

Do you know the full joke behind it, like was someone being told off by someone else?

4. ◴[23 Oct 25 05:37 UTC] No.45678482[source]▶

Cryptographic Issues in Cloudflare's Circl FourQ Implementation (CVE-2025-8556)