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Switch to Ed25519 for keys
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Descripción
Currently, ZeroNet uses ECDSA for its signatures. It would probably be a good idea to switch to Ed25519 long-term, for the following reasons:
- Ed25519 public keys are slightly shorter than ECDSA keys (33 vs 32 bytes, no 64-byte "uncompressed" public key format)
- Ed25519 is slightly easier to implement securely, because side channel attacks are harder to pull off, and because there is no need for a secure RNG to make signatures
- Ed25519 is what BitTorrent uses, so it would be beneficial for interoperability if that ever happens
- Using ECDSA in the Base58 encoding encourages unsafe kinds of key reuse
In principle, this is not an urgent change, and it would be breaking, so it's probably reasonable to do this at the same time as #2781.
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Línea de trabajo
No files, tests, or entry points are named. First clarify the migration and compatibility scope with issue #2781, then trace where ZeroNet currently creates, encodes, verifies, and interoperates with ECDSA keys; done means the breaking Ed25519 transition is specified across those paths.
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- Área
- cryptography
- Tipo de issue
- Nueva funcionalidad
- Dificultad
- 5/5
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- Más de una semana
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- Estancado
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- Bastante claro
- Aptitud para principiantes
- 25/100