Re: FW: P-521

2017-08-15 Thread Gervase Markham via dev-security-policy
On 05/07/17 11:40, Arkadiusz Ławniczak wrote: > As CERTUM, we are not aware of any implementations which do not > support P-521 (with the exception of BoringSSL where P-512 is > disabled but not unsupported). Yes, but that means that whenever Chrome uses BoringSSL, your roots won't work, right?

Re: FW: P-521

2017-07-06 Thread Gervase Markham via dev-security-policy
On 06/07/17 16:20, Ryan Sleevi wrote: > compelling to add support for, and the security boundary between 192-bits > and 256-bits is somewhere in the "heat death of the universe" level > security (see > https://www.imperialviolet.org/2014/05/25/strengthmatching.html ) Perhaps this is the

Re: FW: P-521

2017-07-06 Thread Ryan Sleevi via dev-security-policy
On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 10:46 AM, Gervase Markham via dev-security-policy < dev-security-policy@lists.mozilla.org> wrote: > On 05/07/17 14:49, Alex Gaynor wrote: > > Is it really true that additional curves are just additional parameters? > I > > That was my assumption; additional clue on this

Re: FW: P-521

2017-07-06 Thread Gervase Markham via dev-security-policy
On 05/07/17 14:49, Alex Gaynor wrote: > Is it really true that additional curves are just additional parameters? I That was my assumption; additional clue on this point would be welcome. Gerv ___ dev-security-policy mailing list

Re: FW: P-521

2017-07-05 Thread Alex Gaynor via dev-security-policy
On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 7:51 AM, Gervase Markham via dev-security-policy < dev-security-policy@lists.mozilla.org> wrote: > I agree crypto algorithms are not "gotta catch 'em all", but the > algorithm is ECDH, which NSS must implement anyway to support P-256 and > P-384, and a curve is just another

Re: FW: P-521

2017-07-05 Thread Gervase Markham via dev-security-policy
I agree crypto algorithms are not "gotta catch 'em all", but the algorithm is ECDH, which NSS must implement anyway to support P-256 and P-384, and a curve is just another set of parameters to it. I also think that there is little value and there is potential confusion (as we have seen) in Mozilla

FW: P-521

2017-07-05 Thread Arkadiusz Ławniczak via dev-security-policy
Hi As CERTUM, we are not aware of any implementations which do not support P-521 (with the exception of BoringSSL where P-512 is disabled but not unsupported). All popular web browsers support all three P-256, P-384 and P521 curves. The P-521 certificates are imported correctly even to the