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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Le 06/11/2013 14:59, Håvard Molland a
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/05/2013 10:16 PM, Ben Wilson
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Besides reviewing working group status, new web site, and draft
bylaws, which I'll send out soon, what other hot topics should
we add to Thursday's discussion? Remember, it will be an hour
earlier for most of you.<br>
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I would like that we discuss that some CAs generate the site
certificate's private key for their customers. It is my opinion
that this breaks the trust model and, especially in the light of
recent events, I believe this is a bad practice. <br>
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In the light of older published results (weak Debian keys, lack of
entropy on some devices as explained in the "Mining your P's and
Q's" and subsequent papers), it can also be seen as a good practice.
We at Keynectis don't do that, but I can accept the positive
arguments for such practices.<br>
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could also discuss elliptic curves and recent worries that certain
curve constants might have been manipulated:
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href="http://slashdot.org/submission/2947823/are-the-nist-standard-elliptic-curves-back-doored">http://slashdot.org/submission/2947823/are-the-nist-standard-elliptic-curves-back-doored</a><br>
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Please distinguish the Dual_EC_DRBG and NIST curves concerns.
Dual_EC_DRBG has certainly been weakened, while there's still some
doubts regarding NIST curves. Maybe it's time to allow for other
curves, Brainpool ones come to mind (RFC5639).<br>
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