On Mon, 7 Apr 2014, Gero Peters wrote: > Dear all, > > maybe it is a little early but the next (stable) version of OpenSSL > will support Brainpool Ellptic curves (current beta 1.0.2-beta1 > contains support for Brainpool already). Brainpool curves are defined > in RFC 5639. > > Please find attached a patch file that adds support for Brainpool > Elliptic Curves in OpenSSH. Currently, setting the bit size to 256, > 384 or 521 selects one of the matching NIST curves - specification of > named curves not supported. I added 512, which selects brainpoolP512r1 > (canonically). Furthermore, you can specify the nick name of an > Elliptic Curve using the -b switch of ssh-keygen. What are the advantages of these curves over curve25519 and it's longer bit length cousins? -d _______________________________________________ openssh-unix-dev mailing list openssh-unix-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.mindrot.org/mailman/listinfo/openssh-unix-dev
