[db-wg] database support for ed25519 PGP keys

Thu Dec 19 14:58:38 CET 2019

Hello Marco,

> On 18 Dec 2019, at 18:35, Marco d'Itri via db-wg <db-wg at ripe.net> wrote:
> 
> Can RIPE staff clarify if there are plans to support PGP authentication 
> of database updates using ed25519 keys?
> This should require not much more that upgrading gnupg to a modern release.
> 

We've supported the ed25519 algorithm since Whois 1.93, released in March this year. All that should be necessary is to create a key-cert object containing your public key.

We're currently using Bouncy Castle 1.60 internally, any algorithms supported by this library should work: https://www.bouncycastle.org/releasenotes.html <https://www.bouncycastle.org/releasenotes.html>

Regards
Ed Shryane
RIPE NCC

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