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Re: [TLS] Strawman on EdDSA/Ed25519 in TLS

Ilari Liusvaara <ilari.liusvaara@elisanet.fi> Sat, 27 June 2015 18:13 UTC

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Subject: Re: [TLS] Strawman on EdDSA/Ed25519 in TLS
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On Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 08:04:50PM +0200, Simon Josefsson wrote:
> 
> 1.3.101.1     EdDSA Ed25519 PKIX public keys
> 1.3.101.2     EdDSA Ed25519 PKIX signatures
> 1.3.101.3     EdDSA Ed448 PKIX public keys
> 1.3.101.4     EdDSA Ed448 PKIX signatures
> 1.3.101.5     EdDSA Curve41417 PKIX public keys
> 1.3.101.6     EdDSA Curve41417 PKIX signatures
> 1.3.101.7-16  <<Reserved for EdDSA with other TBD curves>>

AFAIK, Ed448 and Curve41417 do not meet defintion of curve by EdDSA.

And what hash would those use (I presume Ed25519 would use SHA-512)?


-Ilari

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