On 10/10/2018 5:05 PM, Anthony Scarpino wrote:

On 10/10/2018 07:42 AM, Weijun Wang wrote:

If not DSA, should RSA be the new default? Or maybe RSASSA-PSS (I wonder if RSASSA-PSS signature can always use legacy RSA keys) or EC? We don't have an option to specify ECCurve in keytool yet (a string -keysize).

--Max




I would rather get rid of the default completely.

+1

In addition to the usual problems with defaults, there is also the issue that the user doesn't specify how the key pair can be used. The current default produces a key that can only be used with signatures, but if we change the default, then the key may also be used for encryption (RSA) or key agreement (EC). I worry about the problems that can arise if we change the default in a way that increases the capability of the key pair that is produced.






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