David Shaw wrote:
That would work if GnuPG stood alone, but it doesn't. New algorithms
or message constructions need to be discussed and worked out as part
of a standard so that all programs can interoperate.
I know that, of course, but I think that perhaps we'll have no ECC the
next 10 years or so,.. if noone makes the step,...
btw: If GnuPG would implement ECC and add it unofficially to OpenPGP it
could be done in such a way, that it is compatible with the ideas and
conventions of RFC2440.... thus it would not "break" the standard.
After that,.. it could be even added to it...
As you can see, lots of todays standards startet as one-man-application,
e.g. OpenPGP (from PGP/RSA Inc.), JavaScript->ECMAScript (from
Netscape), et cetera.
And in my opinion,... the algorithm/system of ECC is fixed,... of course
each standard may define things like headers or other small details
differently but that could be adopted easily, couldn't it?
So if GnuPG would (pseudo-officially) implement that now,.. it could be
the first compliant application later :-)
Just my two (Euro) cents,
Chris.
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