EC ASN.1: add reminder that the simple method might also want testing

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/regress/lib/libcrypto/ec/ec_asn1_test.c b/src/regress/lib/libcrypto/ec/ec_asn1_test.c
index cc0f0f46f4..171014bda7 100644
--- a/src/regress/lib/libcrypto/ec/ec_asn1_test.c
+++ b/src/regress/lib/libcrypto/ec/ec_asn1_test.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: ec_asn1_test.c,v 1.5 2024/10/16 23:49:49 tb Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: ec_asn1_test.c,v 1.6 2024/10/16 23:58:25 tb Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2017, 2021 Joel Sing <jsing@openbsd.org>
  * Copyright (c) 2024 Theo Buehler <tb@openbsd.org>
@@ -458,6 +458,10 @@ ec_weierstrass25519(void)
         if (BN_hex2bn(&b, wei25519.b) == 0)
                 errx(1, "BN_hex2bn(b)");
 
+        /*
+         * XXX - this uses the Montgomery method. Consider exercising the
+         * simple method as well.
+         */
         if ((group = EC_GROUP_new_curve_GFp(p, a, b, ctx)) == NULL) {
                 fprintf(stderr, "FAIL: %s EC_GROUP_new_curve_GFp", __func__);
                 goto err;