Re: [openssl-dev] [openssl.org #3922] Bug: EVP_get_digestbynid() does not support ECDSA

2015-07-02 Thread David von Oheimb via RT
Thanks a lot Steve for your constructive comments. That's expected behaviour. The EVP_get_digestbynid funtion expects a digest NID whereas you are passing a signature NID instead. It does accept some signature NIDs for historical compatibility reasons. I now understand that the code I

[openssl-dev] [openssl.org #3922] Bug: EVP_get_digestbynid() does not support ECDSA

2015-06-22 Thread David von Oheimb via RT
Hi OpenSSL maintainers, I tried checking the status of the EVP_get_digestbynid issue via http://rt.openssl.org/Install/index.html but the server appears currently misconfigured: Config file /etc/request-tracker4/RT_SiteConfig.pm is locked Yet I found an old conversation on this topic:

[openssl.org #3180] Brainpool Elliptic Curves in OpenSSL version 1.0.2 - Re: #2239: [PATCH] RFC 5639 support

2013-11-25 Thread David von Oheimb via RT
Hello OpenSSL team, patches extending OpenSSL's built-in set of EC curves by the Brainpool curves (see RFC 5639) have been around since 2010 - see for instance http://openssl.6102.n7.nabble.com/openssl-org-2359-PATCH-td41171.html