Add support for 25519 and 448

[rmhrisk]

https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-curdle-pkix/

[gnarea]

FYI: There's a proposal to bring Curve25519 to WebCrypto (see also tQsW/webcrypto-curve25519#6). Although I guess we'd also need @peculiar/webcrypto to support it so it can be used on Node.js.

[gnarea]

Support for both curves just landed on Node 15.8: nodejs/node@53a0bdff47

[rmhrisk]

@gnarea PRs welcomed /cc @microshine

[microshine]

I like the idea to support those curves

[gnarea]

I'll try to have a go in the coming weeks.

Presumably we'll have to change https://github.com/PeculiarVentures/webcrypto too, and make sure that when other engines (e.g., the browser-based one) use of these algorithms a meaningful error is thrown (like "Ed25519 is not supported by this engine").

[microshine]

@gnarea The latest version of @peculiar/webcrypto supports EdDSA and ECDH-ES mechanisms with (Ed25519, Ed448, X25519 and X448 curves)
PeculiarVentures/webcrypto#25

[microshine]

@gnarea For which operation do you need those curves (eg CSR/cert generation, chain validation, etc)?

[gnarea]

Awesome! 👏 👏

I only need to do these things with Ed25519/Ed448:

• Issue certificates.
• Validate chains.
• Sign SignedData values.
• Verify SignedData values.

[microshine]

I'm going to support those mechanisms in webcrypto-liner too (~1 week)

PKIjs allows supporting new mechanism by extending CryptoEngine. See an example of an extended engine https://github.com/PeculiarVentures/PKI.js/blob/master/examples/NodePKCS12Example/NodeEngine.js

[gnarea]

That's amazing!

We're in a code freeze right now because we're getting ready to launch, but I'll try it as soon as I can afterwards.

[microshine]

@gnarea I added an example with an updated liner for trying
PeculiarVentures/webcrypto-liner#57 (comment)

[gnarea]

Thanks for the example @microshine! Seems pretty straightforward which is awesome.

[CMCDragonkai]

Can you make it possible to encrypt/decrypt with x25519? This is possible with node's webcrypto experiment with 25519 curves.

[gnarea]

@CMCDragonkai, that'd require implementing RFC 8418, which I believe would be different from the OP.

That's something I've wanted to contribute for a while but haven't had the chance so far. Maybe if you have the time and the Peculiar Ventures team like the idea of supporting RFC 8418, you could discuss how you'd do implement it and propose a PR.

See also: #254