Re: [CFRG] guidance on using an Ed25519 keypair for x25519

"Salz, Rich" <rsalz@akamai.com> Tue, 21 June 2022 16:36 UTC

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From: "Salz, Rich" <rsalz@akamai.com>
To: Robert Moskowitz <rgm-sec@htt-consult.com>, "cfrg@ietf.org" <cfrg@ietf.org>
Thread-Topic: [CFRG] guidance on using an Ed25519 keypair for x25519
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Subject: Re: [CFRG] guidance on using an Ed25519 keypair for x25519
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>    I found (again) rfc7748 and I *think* the right terminology is
>    A curve25519 keypair used in both Ed25519 and x25519.

Yes.