ED25519 key support?

[Stephen Kent]

Hi Matt,

Two main reasons:

1) Feature parity with OpenSSH, which has supported ED25519 user and
host keys since version 6.5.

2) I'm not a security expert, but there's some discussion suggesting
that ECDSA may be compromised or vulnerable to attack by the NSA. See
this page and the linked pages:
https://stribika.github.io/2015/01/04/secure-secure-shell.html
It may be desirable for some people to allow the use of ED25519 keys
instead.

Thanks,

Stephen


On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 09:07:48 PM, Matt Johnston wrote:
> Hi Stephen,
> 
> I may eventually, though it isn't high on the priority list.
> What's your use for ed25519 keys rather than other ecdsa?
> 
> Cheers,
> Matt
> 
> 
> > On Sun 26/6/2016, at 7:24 am, Stephen Kent <smkent at smkent.net> wrote:
> > 
> > Are there any plans to add support for ED25519 user and host keys in dropbear?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Stephen
>