On Mon, Jul 21, 2025 at 1:13 PM Alessandro Vesely <[email protected]> wrote:

> That's right.  Ed25519 signatures are often reported as an error rather
> than
> ignored, which is a reason to stop them.  Instead, the RFC could have
> stated
> that signers MUST implement and verifiers MUST report the lack of the new
> signature as an error.  Senders jump through hoops to avoid errors in
> aggregate
> reports.
>

Reporting an unknown key type as an error deviates from a MUST in RFC
6376.  Shouldn't we seek to drive broken implementations into good behavior
rather than altering standards to accommodate them?

-MSK
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