[Servercert-wg] Ed25519 certificates

[Ben Wilson]

Hi Q,
I'm checking with the crypto team here at Mozilla and will let you know
from our perspective.
Thanks,
Ben

On Sat, Jun 8, 2024 at 4:39 AM Q Misell via Servercert-wg <
servercert-wg at cabforum.org> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> At the Tor meeting a few weeks ago I had some discussions with people
> asking why Ed25519 certificates are not allowed under the BR (§ 6.1.5). As
> far as I can tell there isn't much of a reason not to allow Ed25519 certs
> (if a CA wishes to support them ofc) and there were a few scenarios
> presented to me where Ed25519 certs would be useful in the context of Tor,
> which already makes heavy usage of Ed25519 keys.
>
> Would there be motivation to change the rules to allow Ed25519 certs, or
> is there some reason I'm missing as to why they're not allowed?
>
> Thanks,
> Q Misell
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