Re: python ecdsa module

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On 02/20/2014 01:24 PM, Orion Poplawski wrote:
> I'm looking to package this:
> 
> https://pypi.python.org/pypi/ecdsa
> 
> needed by python-paramiko-0.12.X.
> 
> It says:
> 
> This library provides key generation, signing, and verifying, for five
> popular NIST "Suite B" GF(p) curves, with key lengths of 192, 224, 256, 384,
> and 521 bits. The "short names" for these curves, as known by the OpenSSL
> tool, are: prime192v1, secp224r1, prime256v1, secp384r1, and secp521r1.
> 
> Now from following the openssl discussions it appears that only selective
> curves are being allowed in Fedora - and specific ones can be requested.
> 
> At the moment it appears that prime256v1, secp384r1, and secp521r1 are
> operational in openssl, but that prime192v1 and secp224r1 are not.  I've filed
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1067697 requesting that they be
> enabled.
> 
> In the meantime, can I ship the python-ecdsa package as is?  Do I need to
> disable the prime192v1 and secp224r1 code in it first?  Is removing it in a
> patch okay, or do I need to ship a sanitized source tarball?

You need to match the openssl package in this regard, and you need to
ship a sanitized source tarball.

Sorry for the trouble here,

~tom

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