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Re:On the 10th anniversary of the Snowden revelations by denton-scratch on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @06:46AM (#37403393)
ED25519 is not a NIST curve.
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Re:On the 10th anniversary of the Snowden revelations by willis936 on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @07:05AM (#37403491)
And Ed25519 is not supported by major CAs.
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Re:On the 10th anniversary of the Snowden revelations by denton-scratch on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @09:03AM (#37404515)
Oh, major CAs. GP spoke of Ed25519 not being useable on "the big tech internet", but didn't mention certificates or certificate authorities.
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Re:On the 10th anniversary of the Snowden revelations by throw0101c on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @09:46AM (#37405071)
> And Ed25519 is not supported by major CAs.

Perhaps because until February 2023 (when FIPS 186-5 was published) it wasn't approved for US government use:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EdDSA#Standardization_and_impl...

So there would have been complications for a sizeable base of potential customers (US, contractors, allies).

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