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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>My German is rusty, but is it actually saying it is the highest priority curve?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-Tim<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Public [mailto:public-bounces@cabforum.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Stephen Davidson via Public<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 3, 2018 1:52 PM<br><b>To:</b> CABforum1 <public@cabforum.org><br><b>Subject:</b> [cabfpub] BR: brainpoolp256r1 curve<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hello:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am posting the following on behalf of Rufus Buschart of Siemens, for discussion.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Kind regards, Stephen<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>QuoVadis<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>The "Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik" (German Federal Office for Information Security) published a technical guidance <a name="_Hlk518392819">TR-03116-3</a> which defines fundamental cryptographic requirements for governmental projects. In chapter 2.1.3 it defines three elliptic curves that have to be supported as a minimum for SSL/TLS. One of the three curves is the brainpoolp256r1 curve. This curve is not currently allowed according to the BRGs chapter 6.1.5.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>I would like to propose, that this curve becomes allowed by the BRGs as well.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b>TR-03116-3:</b> <a href="https://www.bsi.bund.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/BSI/Publikationen/TechnischeRichtlinien/TR03116/BSI-TR-03116-4.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=4">https://www.bsi.bund.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/BSI/Publikationen/TechnischeRichtlinien/TR03116/BSI-TR-03116-4.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=4</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>