IETF Logo Mail Archive

Re: [TLS] DSA should die

Tony Arcieri <bascule@gmail.com> Wed, 01 April 2015 20:49 UTC

Return-Path: <bascule@gmail.com>
X-Original-To: tls@ietfa.amsl.com
Delivered-To: tls@ietfa.amsl.com
Received: from localhost (ietfa.amsl.com [127.0.0.1]) by ietfa.amsl.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DF111A913E for <tls@ietfa.amsl.com>; Wed, 1 Apr 2015 13:49:59 -0700 (PDT)
X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at amsl.com
X-Spam-Flag: NO
X-Spam-Score: 0.601
X-Spam-Level:
X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.601 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, HTML_MESSAGE=0.001, MANGLED_BACK=2.3, MIME_8BIT_HEADER=0.3, SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=no
Received: from mail.ietf.org ([4.31.198.44]) by localhost (ietfa.amsl.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id xzgdZqAerdl9 for <tls@ietfa.amsl.com>; Wed, 1 Apr 2015 13:49:58 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from mail-ob0-x22b.google.com (mail-ob0-x22b.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4003:c01::22b]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ietfa.amsl.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F12801A914C for <tls@ietf.org>; Wed, 1 Apr 2015 13:49:56 -0700 (PDT)
Received: by obvd1 with SMTP id d1so99470318obv.0 for <tls@ietf.org>; Wed, 01 Apr 2015 13:49:56 -0700 (PDT)
DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=Ji+CG3FwB00GiZUBWGOVBPej5juI91ER5pnHnBu6RAo=; b=jkNd7Ul4y8y5wEAzhsBVMUUyGsjXtu9FhSFCSQuzO2w8oJIod7rOEkWjTHHecb80JX iBhclm4Oc9LMb1zmX57YkO+dPyNbbhrYj8W//cxA8VnNN6HBg0NiD6Cy2/ntVexB2Mtl yUcBEEia9Iem1ASVZlebD1jtjs9m9u3CFTpi6Es/wvI42p5oOiYV3GaQDr+UGWxmn5r7 KZVlQe0zW68MUqtXPYiKfPJUR8d/v+Qj8DQKALh8plioRqjOo0SclEAoU0uGP1LH8qaU zQ5cKH+GRXsTVm2QP5cPkIbwidQvIGTxPNp5Xm4/Y1uqwasdL5JEhB4XieKCe2VhaLIl sbjw==
MIME-Version: 1.0
X-Received: by 10.182.120.7 with SMTP id ky7mr5893895obb.14.1427921396541; Wed, 01 Apr 2015 13:49:56 -0700 (PDT)
Received: by 10.76.166.232 with HTTP; Wed, 1 Apr 2015 13:49:56 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <20150401201221.163745c2@pc1.fritz.box>
References: <20150401201221.163745c2@pc1.fritz.box>
Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2015 13:49:56 -0700
Message-ID: <CAHOTMVJQNFCjNCe9Xjy=vHqkUPwuCsSfGeUOJTYNmwgexVqajQ@mail.gmail.com>
From: Tony Arcieri <bascule@gmail.com>
To: Hanno Böck <hanno@hboeck.de>
Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="089e0139fc489bae350512afdb91"
Archived-At: <http://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/tls/MVEncmZzdIoP4azLBSa4O9clVSw>
Cc: "<tls@ietf.org>" <tls@ietf.org>
Subject: Re: [TLS] DSA should die
X-BeenThere: tls@ietf.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15
Precedence: list
List-Id: "This is the mailing list for the Transport Layer Security working group of the IETF." <tls.ietf.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <https://www.ietf.org/mailman/options/tls>, <mailto:tls-request@ietf.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/tls/>
List-Post: <mailto:tls@ietf.org>
List-Help: <mailto:tls-request@ietf.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/tls>, <mailto:tls-request@ietf.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2015 20:49:59 -0000

On Wednesday, April 1, 2015, Hanno Böck <hanno@hboeck.de> wrote:

> Proposal: DSA should go away and not be part of TLS 1.3.
>

I'm strongly opposed, because I'm a user of YoloCA, which uses a 512-bit
DSA certificate as its root:

https://twitter.com/yolocrypto/status/378620239144955904

Just kidding, April Fools ;)

(and yes die DSA die)


-- 
Tony Arcieri

v2.20.0 | Report a Bug | By Email