Re: Is ECDSA secp256k1 elliptic curve permitted to be packaged in Fedora?

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On 8/25/22 6:59 AM, Fabio Valentini wrote:
On Tue, Jul 05, 2022 at 12:46:10PM +0200, Miro Hrončok wrote:
IANAL or anybody from Fedora, but a similar
thread is still waiting for
a larger proclaimation about Elliptic Curves in general:
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/legal@lists.fedoraproject.o...

The package you linked includes secp256k1 and prime256v1.
secp256k1 seems to be OK.
For example, it is included in nettle, but it removes secp192r1 and secp224r1 from its sources.

It is also included in openssl:

$ openssl ecparam -list_curves
   secp224r1 : NIST/SECG curve over a 224 bit prime field
   secp256k1 : SECG curve over a 256 bit prime field
   secp384r1 : NIST/SECG curve over a 384 bit prime field
   secp521r1 : NIST/SECG curve over a 521 bit prime field
   prime256v1: X9.62/SECG curve over a 256 bit prime field

So it looks like the removal of secp192r1 and secp224r1 from nettle seems to be outdated, because at least the latter curve is enabled in OpenSSL.

Wasn't there some kind of wiki page that listed elliptic curves which we weren't allowed to ship? I can't seem to find it any longer, so it might have fallen victim to the move of the Legal docs to GitLab ...


We were careful on the move, and I don't recall anything of this sort. I searched on the wiki, and seems we may have missed some legal-related pages, as here it is: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legal:ECC

That being said, looks like that was last updated 3 years ago, so not sure if there have been changes since then?

Between this email thread and others related, I'm not clear on what the exact question is in terms of what it is that hasn't been allowed and is being asked to allow?

Thanks,
Jilayne
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