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Re: [TLS] Curve25519 in TLS and Additional Curves in TLS

Watson Ladd <watsonbladd@gmail.com> Mon, 07 April 2014 14:55 UTC

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Subject: Re: [TLS] Curve25519 in TLS and Additional Curves in TLS
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On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 2:51 AM, Simon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org> wrote:
> You wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 05:18:54PM +0100, Simon Josefsson wrote:
>> >
>> > 1) Curve25519 for TLS.  This was the original scope of the draft.
>> > The URL is:
>> > <http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-josefsson-tls-curve25519>.  As
>> > far as I know, there are no outstanding issues, and it is possible
>> > to implement and deploy Curve25519 in TLS following the draft.
>> > Please prove me wrong with comments or preferrably patches to the
>> > draft.
>>
>> So what's the status of this?
>
> The above is still the current status as far as I am aware.
>
> To move the draft forward in the RFC process, we need find an AD to
> sponsor the draft or (I guess) the TLS WG to adopt it.

Does anyone object to the WG adopting it?

>
> It would be useful if TLS implementers let the list know what their
> status is (waiting/planning/implemeted/rejected).
>
> If interop testing is pending on having an assigned number, I suggest
> using 65024 as the Curve25519 EC Named Curve number for testing
> purposes.
>
> /Simon


Sincerely,
Watson Ladd
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