On Tue, 4 Jun 2024 at 09:22, John Mattsson
<john.mattsson=40ericsson....@dmarc.ietf.org> wrote:
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> D. J. Bernstein wrote:
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> >Again, I understand that certificates haven't upgraded t allowing Ed25519 
> >yet;
>

>
>
> The WebPKI forbids EdDSA and my understanding is that TLS library support is 
> lacking [1], but otherwise I don't think there are any problems with using 
> EdDSA certificates [2] in general. Ericsson is planning to start using 
> EdDSA+PQC hybrids soon. For new systems I think X25519, EdDSA, and SHAKE are 
> superior to P-256, ECDSA, and SHA-2. For existing systems it does not make 
> much sense to update, especially as most systems need to move to PQC 
> signatures soon.
>
>
>
> [1] https://github.com/netty/netty/issues/10916
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> [2] https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8410
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>
Thanks.
> Loganaden Velvindron wrote:
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> >My personal view is that it's important to have at least one "independent" 
> >curve like X25519
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>
>
> I am very positive to using X25519 as I think it has better properties than 
> P-256. I am strongly against the idea that TLS needs an "independent" curve. 
> I think the idea that P-256 is backdoored is conspiracy theory nonsense.
>
Hi John,

Who is claiming that P-256 has a backdoor ?


> I really like Filippo Valsorda’s challenge to recover the seeds. I think NSA 
> should take on the challenge and give the bounty to charity. They have the 
> capability to win and they should have an interest in increasing trust in the 
> P-curves.
>
> https://words.filippo.io/dispatches/seeds-bounty/
>
Thanks for sharing.


> Cheers,
>
> John Preuß Mattsson
>
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