[Cryptech Tech] CT use case

Linus Nordberg linus at nordberg.se
Fri Jan 30 19:58:15 UTC 2015


Ben Laurie <benl at google.com> wrote
Fri, 30 Jan 2015 18:02:20 +0000:

| > A Certificate Transparency [0] log uses one ECDSA or one RSA key [1] to
| > sign two separate documents:
| >
| > - STH's might need to be signed once per hour
| > - SCT's might need to be signed once per second(*)
| >
| 
| More like one every 20 seconds at current rates.

Based on 5000 certificates per day being submitted at a steady pace,
yes. It'd be neat to be able to sustain more at peaks though.


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