Jim Schaad <[email protected]> wrote:
    > Using a message recovery signature algorithm, which is
    > currently discouraged for countersignatures for a number of reasons, needs
    > to steal bytes from the right end of the to-be-signed bytes because that 
is
    > where the message content is.

I feel that some words might be missing from this "sentence"?
I also don't know what a message recovery signature algorithm is, but I'll
ask google.

    > Stealing bytes in the event of a
    > countersignature does not make a great deal of sense, but the new proposed
    > structure no longer places the "message content bytes" at the end of the
    > message as the "other binary values" are currently appended after the
    > message content.

    > There currently are not any issues raised by this, but it does raise some
    > interesting questions for a future new base COSE message type.  I don't 
know
    > if this should be changed, it should be noted, or it should be ignored.

--
Michael Richardson <[email protected]>   . o O ( IPv6 IøT consulting )
           Sandelman Software Works Inc, Ottawa and Worldwide




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