On 03/14/2014 02:27 PM, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> Guix is not tied to any particular public key crypto algorithm.
> Currently we typically use RSA key, as you note, but we could just as
> well tell libgcrypt to use something else, no?

Yes, and my point is you should.  I also do not believe in giving
users choices in this respect, as they will invariably make bad
choices.

For GNS-compatibility, you should use ECDSA on Curve25519 with RFC 6979
(deterministic ECDSA).