On Fri, Nov 4, 2022 at 4:25 PM Fabio Valentini <decathorpe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hello, > > During package review of the fiat-crypto Rust library, I noticed that > it contains an implementation of an elliptic curve (p434) which isn't > mentioned on the "good" list here: > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legal:ECC > > I also can't find any references or sources for this curve (search > results for P-434, p434, and curve434 all come up empty). The only > mention of "p434" with respect to cryptography is in this Microsoft > project: https://github.com/microsoft/PQCrypto-SIDH > > And looking at the source code, I'm not even sure whether the P-434 > curve in fiat-crypto is at all related to SIKEp434 / SIDHp434 schemes > that are mentioned there, other than the fact that they happen to be > based on the same prime number (2^216 * 3^137 - 1). > > Given that there's no mention of any elliptic curves that use p434 on > the internet (that I could find), is it OK to ship it in a Fedora > package, or do we need to remove it from the sources? > > ref. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2005536 The linked package review is still blocked by this issue six months later :( Any idea what I can do to move this forward? Fabio _______________________________________________ legal mailing list -- legal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to legal-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/legal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
