RustCrypto / RustCrypto/traits

Replace `subtle` with `ctutils`?

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Description

See https://github.com/RustCrypto/meta/issues/29

In particular, subtle is part of the digest public API via the CtOutput type. elliptic-curve also uses it as a dependency. We probably should migrate before cutting the next breaking release.

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Research direction

Start with the linked RustCrypto/meta issue and inspect how digest exposes subtle through CtOutput, along with elliptic-curve's dependency usage. The migration is complete when those public and dependency references use ctutils before the next breaking release.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
cryptography
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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