[tor-dev] [draft] Proposal 220: Migrate server identity keys to Ed25519
Sebastian G. <bastik.tor>
bastik.tor at googlemail.com
Tue Aug 13 18:19:06 UTC 2013
13.08.2013, Nick Mathewson:
> 2.3.1. Checking descriptor signatures.
>
> Current versions of Tor will handle these new formats by ignoring the
> new fields, and not checking any ed25519 information.
>
> New version of Tor will have a flag that tells them whether to check
> ed25519 information. When it is set, they must check:
>
> * All RSA information and signatures that Tor implementations
> currently check.
> * If the identity-ed25519 line is present, it must be well-formed,
> and the certificate must be well-formed and correctly signed,
> and there must be a valid.
Hi,
I'm not getting the last part of this paragraph.
"... and there must be a valid." signature, something?
(I'm not done with reading it, but before I forget to mention it)
Regards,
Sebastian G.
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