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@Minipada Minipada commented Apr 16, 2025

This PR is necessary to work with the ocsp server in cfssl.
See additional PR there cloudflare/cfssl#1420

This PR adds support for the EdDSA Ed25519 signature algorithm
to the OCSP response signing logic. This allows cfssl to
generate OCSP responses using Ed25519 keys, in compliance
with RFC 8410.

Key Changes:

  • added OID for Ed25519 (1.3.101.112) in oidSignatureEd25519
  • updated signingParamsForPublicKey to recognize ed25519.PublicKey, set
    appropriate pkix.AlgorithmIdentifier, and avoid setting Parameters
    (as required by RFC 8410)
  • extended signatureAlgorithmDetails to include x509.PureEd25519
  • updated CreateResponse to avoid hashing the TBSResponseData when
    crypto.Hash(0) is used (i.e., for Ed25519), passing the raw DER
    directly to priv.Sign
  • error messages updated to reflect Ed25519 as a supported key type

Motivation:

Ed25519 is widely adopted due to its performance, small key size, and
resistance to common cryptographic attacks. Supporting it in OCSP
flows is critical for enabling modern PKI infrastructures that
prefer or require Ed25519-based certificates and responders.

Compatibility

This change is backward-compatible. The existing RSA and ECDSA flows
remain untouched. Ed25519 is only engaged if the responder key is of
type ed25519.PublicKey and the SignatureAlgorithm is x509.PureEd25519.

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@Minipada Minipada changed the title add support for Ed25519 signatures in OCSP responses crypto/ocsp: add support for Ed25519 signatures in OCSP responses Apr 17, 2025
@Minipada Minipada force-pushed the feature/add-support-eddsa25519 branch from fdf63c3 to 98842f9 Compare April 17, 2025 10:05
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