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Re: [Dcrup] Hey, crypto experts, what signing algorithm should we add

"John R Levine" <johnl@taugh.com> Sat, 10 June 2017 16:07 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Dcrup] Hey, crypto experts, what signing algorithm should we add
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> I think clearly either Ed25519 or ECDSA P-256. Either seems fine, with
> ECDSA having an advantage on the availability and Ed25519 an advantage on
> the modernness.

Great.  How about the sign/verify interface compared to RSA ?  RSA has 
a length parameter but I gather that's in the blob of base64 key info.

R's,
John

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