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Re: [TLS] EDDSA/Curve25519 identifiers: Was Re: AES-OCB in TLS

Simon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org> Sat, 06 June 2015 02:07 UTC

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Subject: Re: [TLS] EDDSA/Curve25519 identifiers: Was Re: AES-OCB in TLS
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Michael StJohns <msj@nthpermutation.com> writes:

> Instead, get a new allocation and write a document that looks like
> RFC5480 for the ED and Curve public keys.  You want certificate
> representations for *both*.

I've started this for EdDSA:
https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-josefsson-tls-ed25519-00

Are you saying it would be useful to also specify certificate formats
for Curve25519 ECDH keys?

/Simon

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