Re: [Dcrup] Deprecating algorithms

Kurt Andersen <kurta@drkurt.com> Thu, 15 June 2017 11:59 UTC

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From: Kurt Andersen <kurta@drkurt.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2017 12:59:02 +0100
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Subject: Re: [Dcrup] Deprecating algorithms
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On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 12:59 PM, Murray S. Kucherawy <superuser@gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 6:37 PM, Murray S. Kucherawy <superuser@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 7:52 AM, Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>> This is a fine thing.  Do you want to propose text for the charter?
>>>
>>
>> The diff to the current charter is going to be mighty small, so sure,
>> I'll do it this week sometime.
>>
>
> Proposed revised charter text.  . . .
>
> DKIM also currently supports use of SHA1 coupled with RSA.  SHA1 has been
> formally deprecated due to weakness especially when used in the context
> transport security, though the risk of a successful preimage attack is less
> severe.  Still, the community wishes to discourage its continued use in the
> DKIM context.
>
I don't think that we need this editorializing paragraph. What you have
below should be sufficient (delta changes highlighted):

> DCRUP will consider
>
- three
+ four

> types of changes to DKIM: additional signing
>
algorithms such as those based on elliptic curves, changes to key
> strength advice and requirements,
>
 +deprecating the use of SHA1,

> and new public key forms, such as. . .
>
--Kurt