ECDSA can be run in a deterministic fashion if desired (see RFC 6979).  Note
that the new EdDSA is only a deterministic signature and no random component
is needed.

Jim


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ace [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Richardson
> Sent: Monday, June 06, 2016 11:33 AM
> To: Julien Vermillard <[email protected]>
> Cc: Samuel Erdtman <[email protected]>; [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Ace] Constrained Environment PKI enrollment
> 
> 
> Julien Vermillard <[email protected]> wrote:
>     > I wonder in which scenario a RNG is safe enough for running a DTLS
>     > stack but
>     > not good enough for generating a ECDSA key couple?
> 
> Particularly since my understanding is that ECDSA signatures (like DSA
ones)
> require good RNG.  This attribute has also bugged me about DSA, and made
me
> prefer RSA :-)
> 
> --
> Michael Richardson <[email protected]>, Sandelman Software Works  -=
> IPv6 IoT consulting =-
> 
> 


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