Merge pull request #316 from libp2p/feat/rsa-deprecate

feat: drop RSA to SHOULD
libp2p · Apr 30, 2021 · dadddd2 · dadddd2
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diff --git a/peer-ids/peer-ids.md b/peer-ids/peer-ids.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 | Lifecycle Stage | Maturity Level | Status | Latest Revision |
 |-----------------|----------------|--------|-----------------|
-| 3A              | Recommendation | Active | r1, 2019-08-15  |
+| 3A              | Recommendation | Active | r2, 2021-04-30  |
 
 **Authors**: [@mgoelzer], [@yusefnapora], [@lidel]
 
@@ -117,9 +117,10 @@ Four key types are supported:
  - Secp256k1
  - ECDSA
 
-Implementations MUST support RSA and Ed25519. Implementations MAY support
-Secp256k1 and ECDSA, but nodes using those keys may not be able to connect to
-all other nodes.
+Implementations MUST support Ed25519. Implementations SHOULD support RSA if they wish to
+interoperate with the mainline IPFS DHT and the default IPFS bootstrap nodes. Implementations MAY
+support Secp256k1 and ECDSA, but nodes using those keys may not be able to connect to all other
+nodes.
 
 In all cases, implementation MAY allow the user to enable/disable specific key
 types via configuration. Note that disabling support for compulsory key types