The current generic serialization routine group_read do not check that the group element is on the curve (in the uncompressed case), and a member of the correct subgroup. Similarly, In the compressed case, group_read does not check that the x-coordinate is valid.
These checks add to the cost of deserialization and may be undesirable where incoming data in known to be valid (e.g. some MSM experiments where intermediate values are cached to disk), but it would be convenient (and in some cases, necessary) to be able to enable/disable checks with a parameter similar to compressed/uncompressed.
The current generic serialization routine
group_readdo not check that the group element is on the curve (in the uncompressed case), and a member of the correct subgroup. Similarly, In the compressed case,group_readdoes not check that the x-coordinate is valid.These checks add to the cost of deserialization and may be undesirable where incoming data in known to be valid (e.g. some MSM experiments where intermediate values are cached to disk), but it would be convenient (and in some cases, necessary) to be able to enable/disable checks with a parameter similar to compressed/uncompressed.