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From: "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Cc: robbat2@g.o, "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
Subject: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH v5 08/16] glep-0063: Allow ECC curve 25519 keys
Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2018 18:42:40
Message-Id: 20180708183902.30367-9-mgorny@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH v5 00/16] GLEP 63, once again by "Michał Górny"
1 Optionally allow using ECC curve 25519 keys. We already have
2 developers using those keys, and given that they are supported
3 by GnuPG 2.2, there's probably no reason to ban them. However, they're
4 not recommended due to interoperability issues.
5 ---
6 glep-0063.rst | 4 ++++
7 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
8
9 diff --git a/glep-0063.rst b/glep-0063.rst
10 index fb09dd8..2402c34 100644
11 --- a/glep-0063.rst
12 +++ b/glep-0063.rst
13 @@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ v1.1
14 The larger recommendation was unjustified and resulted in people
15 unnecessarily replacing their RSA-2048 keys.
16
17 + Minimal specification has been amended to allow for ECC keys.
18 +
19 Motivation
20 ==========
21
22 @@ -68,6 +70,8 @@ not be used to commit.
23
24 b. RSA, >=2048 bits (OpenPGP v4 key format or later only)
25
26 + c. ECC curve 25519
27 +
28 4. Key expiry: 5 years maximum
29
30 5. Upload your key to the SKS keyserver rotation before usage!
31 --
32 2.18.0