[openssl-users] Creating an X25519-based Certificate

[Jakob Bohm]

On 29/06/2016 16:53, Salz, Rich wrote:
>> How do I do this? Using the OpenSSL command line tool, a certificate request must be self-signed, but the X25519 elliptic curve (newly supported in version 1.1.0), doesn't do signature, it can only be used for key exchange.
> You cannot do it.
>
> You should look at the CFRG documents on Ed25519.
>
This raises two general questions:

1. What is CFRG, I don't remember that acronym.

2. What is the general procedure for generating a CSR for
   an encryption-only algorithm, such as DH, ECDH etc.?

Enjoy

Jakob
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