Re: [Dcrup] Working Group Last Call for draft-ietf-dcrup-dkim-crypto
Scott Kitterman <sklist@kitterman.com> Tue, 19 December 2017 01:54 UTC
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Subject: Re: [Dcrup] Working Group Last Call for draft-ietf-dcrup-dkim-crypto
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On December 18, 2017 8:43:22 PM EST, John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> wrote: >>Simultaneously: John, your comments in reply to this? > >>> 1. The existing RFC 6376 signature algorithms specify what to use >for >>> hash- >>> alg. That's missing from the Ed25519-SHA256 definition in section >3. As >>> implied by the name (and discussed on the list), the hash-alg should >be >>> SHA256. Recommend replacing the leading sentence phrase in section >3 with: >>> >>> The Ed25519-SHA256 Signing Algorithm computes a message hash as >described >>> in >>> Section 3.7 of [RFC6376] using SHA-256 [FIPS-180-3-2008] as the >hash-alg, > >That's fine. > >>> 2. For clarity, per some of the IETF LC feedback on >draft-ietf-dcrup-dkim- >>> usage, recommend adding after the main body of section 3 and before >the >>> note: >>> >>> This is an additional DKIM signature algorithm added to Section 3.3 >of >>> [RFC6376] as envisioned in Section 3.3.4 of [RFC6376]. > >Also fine. > >>> 3. Private key storage format >>> >>> Unlike RSA, Ed25519 does not appear to have a standardized textual >>> format. I >>> think it might make sense to specify that for DKIM Ed25519 purposes >the >>> private key is stored as the base64 encoded output of the RFC 8032 >Section >>> 5.1.5 private key generation processes. This would provide a >(slightly) >>> human readable private key representation that could be used by >different >>> implementations so that operators can safely switch implementations >without >>> regenerating keys and that are more understandable for trouble >shooting >>> purposes. > >OK by me but I'm no crypto expert. Perhaps we could ask the openssl >folks what >key format they'll be using. > >>> 4. Examples >>> >>> It would be nice to have at least one signing example for >implementers to >>> use to verify correctness. I currently have either a signing bug or >a >>> verification bug in my work and I'm not sure which. If I had a >known >>> correct example to bounce my signing results against, that would >help a lot. > >A reasonable albeit somewhat painful request. What ed25519 library are >you using? I'm using python-nacl, which wraps libsodium. https://pynacl.readthedocs.io/en/stable/ https://download.libsodium.org/doc/ Scott K
- [Dcrup] Working Group Last Call for draft-ietf-dc… Murray S. Kucherawy
- Re: [Dcrup] Working Group Last Call for draft-iet… Scott Kitterman
- Re: [Dcrup] Working Group Last Call for draft-iet… John Levine
- Re: [Dcrup] Working Group Last Call for draft-iet… Murray S. Kucherawy
- Re: [Dcrup] Working Group Last Call for draft-iet… Seth Blank
- Re: [Dcrup] Working Group Last Call for draft-iet… Scott Kitterman
- Re: [Dcrup] Working Group Last Call for draft-iet… Seth Blank
- Re: [Dcrup] Working Group Last Call for draft-iet… Scott Kitterman
- Re: [Dcrup] Working Group Last Call for draft-iet… Murray S. Kucherawy
- Re: [Dcrup] Working Group Last Call for draft-iet… Scott Kitterman
- Re: [Dcrup] Working Group Last Call for draft-iet… Scott Kitterman
- Re: [Dcrup] Working Group Last Call for draft-iet… Scott Kitterman
- Re: [Dcrup] Working Group Last Call for draft-iet… Murray S. Kucherawy
- Re: [Dcrup] Working Group Last Call for draft-iet… John Levine
- Re: [Dcrup] Working Group Last Call for draft-iet… Jeremy Harris
- Re: [Dcrup] Working Group Last Call for draft-iet… John Levine
- Re: [Dcrup] Working Group Last Call for draft-iet… Scott Kitterman
- Re: [Dcrup] Working Group Last Call for draft-iet… Barry Leiba
- Re: [Dcrup] Working Group Last Call for draft-iet… Scott Kitterman
- Re: [Dcrup] Working Group Last Call for draft-iet… John Levine
- Re: [Dcrup] Working Group Last Call for draft-iet… Scott Kitterman