[zeromq-dev] Proposal for ZeroMQ certificate format

[Pieter Hintjens]

I'll let you read the article first. The confidentiality is one issue,
fingerprinting is another.

On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 8:30 PM, Tony Arcieri <bascule at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 11:28 AM, Pieter Hintjens <ph at imatix.com> wrote:
>>
>> The key itself may be encrypted; there may also be metadata that is
>> also encrypted. The goal is to allow verification out of band that the
>> entire package wasn't replaced by a fraudulent version en-route.
>
>
> If your goal is to keep the public key confidential, I'd suggest using
> either SHA256 or Blake2b.
>
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> Tony Arcieri
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