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

Eric Rescorla <ekr@rtfm.com> Sat, 10 June 2017 16:09 UTC

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From: Eric Rescorla <ekr@rtfm.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2017 17:08:18 +0100
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Subject: Re: [Dcrup] Hey, crypto experts, what signing algorithm should we add
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On Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 5:07 PM, John R Levine <johnl@taugh.com> wrote:

> 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.
>

I'm not sure what you mean by a length parameter. Length of what?

-Ekr


> R's,
> John
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