<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 5:09 PM, Tony Arcieri <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bascule@gmail.com" target="_blank">bascule@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><span class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 1:54 PM, Phillip Hallam-Baker <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:phill@hallambaker.com" target="_blank">phill@hallambaker.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><div>The CFRG signature algorithm is equally irrelevant as nobody can possibly be infringing with an algorithm we haven't invented yet.</div></div></div></div>
</blockquote></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div></span><div class="gmail_extra">EdDSA, a Schnorr variant/derivative, was chosen as the basis of the CFRG signature algorithm two months ago in this poll (which you didn't participate in, perhaps hence your confusion):</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><a href="https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/cfrg/jxHJMxYW2WE3v_LuFYaVNbAIGN0" target="_blank">https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/cfrg/jxHJMxYW2WE3v_LuFYaVNbAIGN0</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>The remaining questions are around the hash and pre-hash functions, which will be the subject of an upcoming poll. Otherwise the algorithm is very much "invented".</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Your faith in the ability of IRTF/IETF to complete the above work item expeditiously is noted.</div><div><br></div><div>Having had RFCs that are about to issue for several years, I'll consider the work completed when the RFC issued.</div></div></div></div>