Edwards-Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (EdDSA)
RFC 8032
| Document | Type |
RFC - Informational
(January 2017; Errata)
Was draft-irtf-cfrg-eddsa (cfrg RG)
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| Last updated | 2020-01-21 | ||
| Replaces | draft-josefsson-eddsa-ed25519 | ||
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| IETF conflict review | conflict-review-irtf-cfrg-eddsa | ||
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Internet Research Task Force (IRTF) S. Josefsson
Request for Comments: 8032 SJD AB
Category: Informational I. Liusvaara
ISSN: 2070-1721 Independent
January 2017
Edwards-Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (EdDSA)
Abstract
This document describes elliptic curve signature scheme Edwards-curve
Digital Signature Algorithm (EdDSA). The algorithm is instantiated
with recommended parameters for the edwards25519 and edwards448
curves. An example implementation and test vectors are provided.
Status of This Memo
This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is
published for informational purposes.
This document is a product of the Internet Research Task Force
(IRTF). The IRTF publishes the results of Internet-related research
and development activities. These results might not be suitable for
deployment. This RFC represents the consensus of the Crypto Forum
Research Group of the Internet Research Task Force (IRTF). Documents
approved for publication by the IRSG are not a candidate for any
level of Internet Standard; see Section 2 of RFC 7841.
Information about the current status of this document, any errata,
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http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8032.
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RFC 8032 EdDSA: Ed25519 and Ed448 January 2017
Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. Notation and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3. EdDSA Algorithm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.1. Encoding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.2. Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.3. Sign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.4. Verify . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4. PureEdDSA, HashEdDSA, and Naming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
5. EdDSA Instances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
5.1. Ed25519ph, Ed25519ctx, and Ed25519 . . . . . . . . . . . 9
5.1.1. Modular Arithmetic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
5.1.2. Encoding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
5.1.3. Decoding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
5.1.4. Point Addition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
5.1.5. Key Generation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
5.1.6. Sign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
5.1.7. Verify . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
5.2. Ed448ph and Ed448 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
5.2.1. Modular Arithmetic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
5.2.2. Encoding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
5.2.3. Decoding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
5.2.4. Point Addition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
5.2.5. Key Generation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
5.2.6. Sign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
5.2.7. Verify . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
6. Ed25519 Python Illustration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
7. Test Vectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
7.1. Test Vectors for Ed25519 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
7.2. Test Vectors for Ed25519ctx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
7.3. Test Vectors for Ed25519ph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
7.4. Test Vectors for Ed448 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
7.5. Test Vectors for Ed448ph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
8. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
8.1. Side-Channel Leaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
8.2. Randomness Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
8.3. Use of Contexts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
8.4. Signature Malleability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
8.5. Choice of Signature Primitive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
8.6. Mixing Different Prehashes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
8.7. Signing Large Amounts of Data at Once . . . . . . . . . . 42
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