On Mon, Sep 26, 2022 at 01:05:27PM -0500, Orie Steele wrote:
> > PQC public key encodings in COSE and then again in HPKE?
> > Then, we have even more encodings of the same information.
> 
> This is also my concern... But noting,
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-prorock-cose-post-quantum-signatures/
> does not cover any relationship to HPKE...
> We remained confused by the guidance being shared regarding COSE_Key and
> registry requirements.
> 
> I would expect ANY new 'alg' values to have some mapping to JWK / CWK.

This is _false_ for ephemeral keys. For example, Kyber can not have
such mapping (outside very nasty hacks).

And similar holds for HPKE in general: Mapping of encapsulated key to
JWK / CWK (without very nasty hacks) is only possible in special cases.



-Ilari

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