[Gen-art] Updated draft-os-ietf-sshfp-ecdsa-sha2-06.txt

[Ondřej Surý <[e-mail]>]

Hi,

since I have received many comments about this block:
>>           ECDSA public key fingerprints MUST use the SHA-256 algorithm
>>           for the fingerprint as using the SHA-1 algorithm would
>>           weaken the security of the key, which itself can use only
>>           SHA-2 family of algorithms RFC 5656 (Section 3.1.1).


I have removed it from the draft version -06 and kept only the part in
Implementation Considerations:

4.1.  Support for SHA-256 fingerprints

   SSHFP-aware Secure Shell implementations SHOULD support the SHA-256
   fingerprints for verification of the public key.  Secure Shell
   implementations which support SHA-256 fingerprints MUST prefer a SHA-
   256 fingerprint over SHA-1 if both are available for a server.  If
   the SHA-256 fingerprint is tested and does not match the key SSH
   public key received from the SSH server key, then the key MUST be
   rejected rather than testing the alternative SHA-1 fingerprint.

and Security Considerations

   Users of SSHFP are encouraged to deploy SHA-256 as soon as
   implementations allow for it.  SHA-2 family of algorithms is widely
   believed to be more resilient to attack than SHA-1, and confidence in
   SHA-1's strength is being eroded by recently announced attacks [IACR
   2007/474].  Regardless of whether or not the attacks on SHA-1 will
   affect SSHFP, it is believed (at the time of this writing) that SHA-
   256 is the better choice for use in SSHFP records.

I believe that now all concerns are solved, but I haven't got the review
from secdir yet.

O.
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