On 16/08/13 23:05, Wan-Teh Chang wrote:
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8. Authentication: RSA before ECDSA
a. RSA before ECDSA : performance
b. DSA last: not in use
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... I would prefer ECDSA over RSA for authentication.
Wan-Teh, why do you think Firefox should specify a preference for ECDSA
over RSA?
If a webserver wants to prefer ECDSA over RSA, then it can override the
browser-supplied cipher-suite order.
e.g. http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_ssl.html#sslhonorcipherorder
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