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[PATCH] openpgp: Add support for ECDSA with NIST curves.

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Message #20 received at 57599 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andreas Enge <andreas <at> enge.fr>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 57599 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be>,
 Zhu Zihao <all_but_last <at> 163.com>, 57576 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#57576: bug#57599: [PATCH] openpgp: Add support for ECDSA
 with NIST curves.
Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2022 12:34:01 +0200

Hello,

Am Tue, Sep 06, 2022 at 10:02:55PM +0200 schrieb Ludovic Courtès:
> (Cc’ing Andreas for extra advice.)

well, I agree with your analysis. There is no concrete evidence that the
NIST curves may be flawed, and a general belief that not all crypto
standards of NIST are flawed or backdoored... So it makes sense to accept
the curves, but ultimately this is a political decision (and a personal
decision about which type of key a user creates).

Andreas

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