On 2 October 2016 at 13:39, Ximin Luo <infini...@pwned.gg> wrote: > > I can see the benefits in agreeing to standardise a cryptographic component > including the packet flows and algorithms, but standardising the exact wire > representation is less useful (and people have less incentive to do it) if > there is no need for interoperation. For example, even ed25519 private keys > have no standard format; there are about 3 different ones and everyone picks > their own. Not that this *particular example* is a big deal, I'm just > demonstrating how lack of interoperability reduces the need to standardise.
Lack of interop is a bug, not a feature. _______________________________________________ Messaging mailing list Messaging@moderncrypto.org https://moderncrypto.org/mailman/listinfo/messaging
