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Re: [TLS] RSA-PSS in TLS 1.3

Rob Stradling <rob.stradling@comodo.com> Wed, 02 March 2016 09:11 UTC

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On 01/03/16 19:20, Yoav Nir wrote:
>
> On 1 Mar 2016, at 8:23 PM, Alyssa Rowan <akr@akr.io> wrote:
<snip>
>>> When a CA issues a certificate it has to work with every client
>>> and server out there,

That doesn't have to be true.  For example, many OpenSSL-based servers 
can be configured to serve an ECC certificate to TLS clients that 
indicate support for ECC, and to serve an RSA certificate to other TLS 
clients.

>>> When we use TLS 1.3, the other side supports
>>> TLS 1.3 as well, so it’s fair to assume that it knows PSS.
>>
>> Perhaps the PKIX working group and CAB/Forum could both use a friendly
>> reminder not to ignore how perilous using RSA PKCS#1 v1.5 still remains?

+1

> Neither you nor I can post in any of the CA/Browser forum’s lists, because neither of us has either a browser or a public CA.
>
> There are some people who are active there and are reading this list, so they might take such a proposal there. I’m not very optimistic, though.

Please don't give up without even trying!

If you have a proposal, I'd be happy to post it to the 
public@cabforum.org list on your behalf.

Alternatively, you could post it to the questions@cabforum.org list 
yourself.

<snip>

-- 
Rob Stradling
Senior Research & Development Scientist
COMODO - Creating Trust Online

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