Re: [Curdle] Which curves are MUST and SHOULD ?

Ron Frederick <ronf@timeheart.net> Tue, 15 December 2020 17:00 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Curdle] Which curves are MUST and SHOULD ?
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On Dec 15, 2020, at 8:09 AM, Salz, Rich <rsalz@akamai.com> wrote:
>>   I’m not comfortable with algorithms going from REQUIRED to SHOULD NOT without some kind of transitional period. My suggestion would be to ease into this with SHOULD NOT for now. If you want to discuss BCP in this draft, perhaps that can be a separate section.
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> We've done it before, MD5, short RSA/DH keys, etc.
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> We shouldn't pretend that crypto-breaking advances haven't happened.
> 
> Admins can make trade-offs anyway.


Sorry, I meant not going to “MUST NOT” here. I’m good with “SHOULD NOT”, or perhaps even something stronger but qualified with the fact that ineroperability with older/slower devices should be considered.
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Ron Frederick
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