On Thursday, December 21, 2017 11:57:44 AM John Levine wrote:
> In article 
<1513857489.3531319.1212273208.18fe8...@webmail.messagingengine.com> you 
write:
> >I certainly concur with Brandon here - changing ARC algorithm looks like
> >a very messy proposition, I expect you'd pretty much have to do a window
> >where both the old and new algorithm were supported - with a dealine
> >where the old algorithm gets treated like a broken link. ...
> 
> Complex technical approach:
> 
> Invent a new ps= tag for peer selector.  If using two signing
> algorithms, add two AS and AMS headers with the same d= but different
> s=, one for each algorithm, each with a ps= pointing to the other
> header, and each signature covering both headers, and you have to
> check when signing and validating that the ps= in this header matches
> the s= in the other.  The chain is valid if either AS is valid.
> 
> Simple administrative approach:
> 
> Stall ARC for a few more months until we can get ed25519 into the
> libraries, then adjust the document to make it MUST verify both.

I doubt you'll see it in OpenARC until after OpenSSL has a release that 
supports ed25519.  That may be a large value of few.  Does anyone know?

Scott K


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