Re: How to select the ASN.1 structure of EC-SDSA (Schnorr signature with ECC)?

Russ Housley <[email protected]> Tue, 23 Aug 2022 09:35:20 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.x509
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Ernst:

> ECSDSA-Sig-Value ::= SEQUENCE {
>       r     BIT STRING,
>       s     INTEGER }

If you are going to define a new structure, OCTET STRING seems more appropriate.  I do not think that there are any hash functions that produce results that nee BIT STRING.

Russ