Re: [openpgp] Proposal for a separable ring signature scheme compatible with RSA, DSA, and ECDSA keys

Vincent Yu <v@v-yu.com> Thu, 13 March 2014 21:25 UTC

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Subject: Re: [openpgp] Proposal for a separable ring signature scheme compatible with RSA, DSA, and ECDSA keys
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On 03/13/2014 05:11 PM, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote:
 > a claim has already been made for public key algorithm ID 22 for EdDSA.
 >
 > See:
 >
 >    http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.ietf.openpgp/7419/focus=7421
 >
 > I think it would be a mistake to force a collision here.
 >
 > I haven't had a chance to review the meat of the proposal yet, but i
 > think proposals like are better off starting with an experimental public
 > key algorithm ID so that the discussion can be about the algorithm
 > itself and its use within OpenPGP, rather than opening up ID assignment
 > quibbling.

Whoops. Thanks, that's a good point.

It's too late now for me to modify the example I gave in Appendix A, but 
if I create any more examples, I'll use experimental IDs instead of 22 
and 33.

Vincent