Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH v3 08/12] glep-0063: Allow ECC curve 25519 keys

[Ulrich Mueller]

>>>>> On Thu, 5 Jul 2018, Jonas Stein wrote:

>> b. RSA, >=2048 bits (OpenPGP v4 key format or later only)
>>
>> +   c. ECC curve 25519
>> +
>> 4. Key expiry: 5 years maximum
>> 5. Upload your key to the SKS keyserver rotation before usage!

> I think we should ensure first that everything works fine with ECC.
> Last time I checked, ECC was a nightmare.

> Some SKS server could not handle ECC... and so on.

IIRC, it has also been pointed out that ECC is not part of the OpenPGP
standard (yet)?

Maybe we should better omit it. It shouldn't be too complicated for
developers to add a dedicated RSA signing key for Gentoo if necessary
(especially, since someone using ECC could be considered an advanced
GnuPG user).

Ulrich