On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 04:55:07PM +0000, Salz, Rich wrote:
> >> The duplicate 0x0403 seems a bug. Any implementor care to clarify
> 
> 
>   *   The duplicate 0x0403 is deliberate, because Deterministic and 
> Non-Deterministic ECDSA have different References (RFC6979 and FIPS186-4).
> 
> How does a relying party know which one is actually being used?  (I am sure I 
> am missing something obvious.)

The verifier procedures are the same for both, and the verifier can't tell
which one was used by the signer (unless the signer really screwed up and
used a non-random k).

-Ben

> > As for why this registry, I assume it’s to be a subset of the TLS registry 
> > “just because”  Are there any other reasons?
> 
> Yes, this was re-wording Mirja’s question. I understand the reasoning; is it 
> worth putting something into the draft?
> 
> 
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