Dear openssl developers,

we are about to setup a new pki. So we have to choose the appropriate algorithms and parameters. How about certificates signed using rsa pcks#1v2.1 (aka pss) signed certificates?

The latest known statement in this context we found is from Dr. Henson on May 8, 2014.

He stated:
...
It is possible to add an "alias" for this algorithm and then OpenSSL can
handle the key directly. It wont however support the PSS semantics properly:
i.e. the key can only be used for PSS and any parameter restrictions. For that
reason this hasn't been done in the official sources.
...

Is there any progress in adopting pss certificates consistently? Which difficulies do exist?

The current German Algorithmenkatalog states, that security fitness for signatures using the rsa pkcs#1v1.5 padding ends at the end of 2016. Therefore, we are looking for proper algorithms
whose security finess ist expected to last longer.

Currently the only named alternative is ecdsa signatures, which should be thoroughly supported
by current openssl versions.

Thanks in advance
--
Christian Weber

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