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mention that Ed25519 keys are valid as CA keys; spotted
by Jakub Jelen

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djm@openbsd.org 2017-05-16 16:54:05 +00:00 committed by Damien Miller
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@ -192,12 +192,13 @@ compatibility.
The reserved field is currently unused and is ignored in this version of
the protocol.
signature key contains the CA key used to sign the certificate.
The valid key types for CA keys are ssh-rsa, ssh-dss and the ECDSA types
ecdsa-sha2-nistp256, ecdsa-sha2-nistp384, ecdsa-sha2-nistp521. "Chained"
certificates, where the signature key type is a certificate type itself
are NOT supported. Note that it is possible for a RSA certificate key to
be signed by a DSS or ECDSA CA key and vice-versa.
The signature key field contains the CA key used to sign the
certificate. The valid key types for CA keys are ssh-rsa,
ssh-dss, ssh-ed25519 and the ECDSA types ecdsa-sha2-nistp256,
ecdsa-sha2-nistp384, ecdsa-sha2-nistp521. "Chained" certificates, where
the signature key type is a certificate type itself are NOT supported.
Note that it is possible for a RSA certificate key to be signed by a
Ed25519 or ECDSA CA key and vice-versa.
signature is computed over all preceding fields from the initial string
up to, and including the signature key. Signatures are computed and
@ -284,4 +285,4 @@ permit-user-rc empty Flag indicating that execution of
of this script will not be permitted if
this option is not present.
$OpenBSD: PROTOCOL.certkeys,v 1.10 2016/05/03 10:27:59 djm Exp $
$OpenBSD: PROTOCOL.certkeys,v 1.11 2017/05/16 16:54:05 djm Exp $