[ticker-dev] Key exchange

[David Arnold]

-->"Matthew" == Phillips, Matthew <Matthew.Phillips at dsto.defence.gov.au> writes:

Hi Matthew,

  Matthew> My travels through crypto-land indicate that there are
  Matthew> standard formats for keys such as PKCS12 that not only
  Matthew> allow key export, but also certificate chains the validate
  Matthew> the keys (ie signed keys).

do you have a recommended reference for this standard?

  Matthew> However, none of the key types supported (such as DSA or
  Matthew> DER) include the SHA1 key pairs that Elvin uses (presumably
  Matthew> because this way of generating key pairs is not useful in a
  Matthew> "real" asymmetric crypto algorithm).

i'd guess that's the case too.  it's a different mechanism altogether.

  Matthew> So I'm going to propose a simple format for key exchange in
  Matthew> the meantime.

---------- BEGIN ELVIN KEY ----------
Name: DSTO Private Key
Type: PRIVATE
Value: DEADBEEF1234567890CAFEBABEETCETCETCETCETCETCETC
---------- END ELVIN KEY ----------

  Matthew> Comments?

you might like to check out this thread

  http://www.elvin.biz/ListArchive/elvin-dev/archive/2001/09/msg00033.html


i'll have some more details comments later, but it seems quite close
to what julian and i had proposed ...




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