I've tried to search bugzilla and forums for information on ECDSA support
in the Fedora provided OpenSSH packages, but didn't find anything conclusive.

What is the status?
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On 02/22/2012 07:27 AM, Carsten Mattner wrote:

I've tried to search bugzilla and forums for information on ECDSA support
in the Fedora provided OpenSSH packages, but didn't find anything conclusive.

What is the status?


It looks like it is not enabled.

$ ssh-keygen -t ecdsa
unknown key type ecdsa

I'd recommend filing a bug report requesting support if you need it.
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On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 6:27 AM, Carsten Mattner
<carstenmattner@googlemail.com> wrote:
> I've tried to search bugzilla and forums for information on ECDSA support
> in the Fedora provided OpenSSH packages, but didn't find anything conclusive.
>
> What is the status?

Elliptic curve cryptography support has been excluded from Fedora [1],
presumably due to patent concerns [2].

-T.C.

[1] http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=blob;f=hobble-openssl;h=291d8a35f7cebdaf8d131f036b6dfa60fd3e543b ;hb=HEAD
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECC_patents
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On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 3:38 PM, T.C. Hollingsworth
<tchollingsworth@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 6:27 AM, Carsten Mattner
> <carstenmattner@googlemail.com> wrote:
>> I've tried to search bugzilla and forums for information on ECDSA support
>> in the Fedora provided OpenSSH packages, but didn't find anything conclusive.
>>
>> What is the status?
>
> Elliptic curve cryptography support has been excluded from Fedora [1],
> presumably due to patent concerns [2].
>
> -T.C.
>
> [1] http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=blob;f=hobble-openssl;h=291d8a35f7cebdaf8d131f036b6dfa60fd3e543b ;hb=HEAD
> [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECC_patents

I can't find the link but remember that there was talk about about reversing
that decision after some investigation was finished.

If Fedora doesn't plan to ship it with ECDSA enabled, what's the purpose
of the Fedora ECC/TLS Test Server found here: https://ecc.fedora.redhat.com/
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On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 8:42 AM, Carsten Mattner
<carstenmattner@googlemail.com> wrote:
> I can't find the link but remember that there was talk about about reversing
> that decision after some investigation was finished.
>
> If Fedora doesn't plan to ship it with ECDSA enabled, what's the purpose
> of the Fedora ECC/TLS Test Server found here: https://ecc.fedora.redhat.com/

Try asking the legal list:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/legal

I don't think Fedora's legal eagles monitor this one.

-T.C.
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On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 5:06 PM, T.C. Hollingsworth wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 8:42 AM, Carsten Mattner
> <carstenmattner@googlemail.com> wrote:
>> I can't find the link but remember that there was talk about about reversing
>> that decision after some investigation was finished.
>>
>> If Fedora doesn't plan to ship it with ECDSA enabled, what's the purpose
>> of the Fedora ECC/TLS Test Server found here: https://ecc.fedora.redhat.com/
>
> Try asking the legal list:
> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/legal
>
> I don't think Fedora's legal eagles monitor this one.

Thanks.

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/legal/2012-February/001838.html
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