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Elliptic Curve Private Key Structure
RFC 5915

Yes

(Tim Polk)

No Objection

(Adrian Farrel)
(Cullen Jennings)
(Jari Arkko)
(Ralph Droms)
(Robert Sparks)
(Ron Bonica)
(Ross Callon)

Note: This ballot was opened for revision 04 and is now closed.

(Russ Housley; former steering group member) (was No Objection, Discuss) Yes

Yes (2010-01-29)
  The end of Section 1 says:
  >
  > When the public key is included, it is present in the ECPrivateKey 
  > publicKey field not in the PKCS#8 publicKey field.
  >
  It would be more clear to say:
  >
  > There are two possible locations to carry a public key.  When one is
  > included, the publicKey field in the ECPrivateKey is used.  The
  > publicKey field in PKCS#8 is not used. 

  In section 4, the document says:
  >
  > Local storage of an unencrypted ECPrivateKey object is out of scope 
  > of this document.  However, one popular format uses the .pem file 
  > extension.
  >
  PEM files support encrypted storage too.

  In section 5, the document says:
  >
  > Protection of the private-key information is vital to public-key 
  > cryptography.  Disclosure of the private-key material to another 
  > entity can lead to masquerades.  The encryption algorithm used in the 
  > encryption process must be as 'strong' as the key it is protecting. 
  >
  This is incomplete.  The consequences of disclosure depends on the
  purpose of the private key.  If a private key is used for signature,
  then the disclosure allows unauthorizes signing.  If a private key
  is used for key management, then disclosure allows unauthorized parties
  to acess the managed keying material.

(Tim Polk; former steering group member) Yes

Yes ()

                            

(Adrian Farrel; former steering group member) No Objection

No Objection ()

                            

(Cullen Jennings; former steering group member) No Objection

No Objection ()

                            

(Jari Arkko; former steering group member) No Objection

No Objection ()

                            

(Ralph Droms; former steering group member) No Objection

No Objection ()

                            

(Robert Sparks; former steering group member) No Objection

No Objection ()

                            

(Ron Bonica; former steering group member) No Objection

No Objection ()

                            

(Ross Callon; former steering group member) No Objection

No Objection ()