Hi Hannes and all,

Just one point for now.

> At the beginning we discussed the following question: Do we need
something other than base mode for HPKE when used with COSE?

I have no objection to focusing on the BASE mode this time.

Regards,
Daisuke

2022年12月9日(金) 22:16 Ilari Liusvaara <[email protected]>:

> On Fri, Dec 09, 2022 at 11:17:32AM +0000, Hannes Tschofenig wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I would like to get some clarity from the version discussion.
> >
> > At the beginning we discussed the following question: Do we need
> > something other than base mode for HPKE when used with COSE?
>
> IMO, not currently. However, we should ensure, that such things can be
> added in future without allocating new parameters. Which in turn impiles
> that HSI (HPKE Sender Info) is either dictionary or polymorphic.
> However, since each mode is its own special snowflake, I do not see need
> for IANA registry.
>
>
> > Then, the discussions moved into how to encode future versions of HPKE
> > into the algorithm identifier. To me the discussion is a bit abstract
> > since there is (at least to my knowledge) to plan to work on a new
> > version of HPKE (given that the current version is not old).
>
> Situation with future versions is even worse than with auth-MAC: With
> auth-MAC, one at least knows what information needs to be encoded. But
> with future versions, nobody even knows what is needed.
>
> So beyond ensuring HSI parameter is extensible, there is nothing that
> can be done.
>
>
>
> So in summary:
>
> - Do just HPKE-v1 base mode for now.
>   - Possibly other stuff in future.
> - Define HSI so that set of fields can change.
>   - Parametrized by alg.
>   - No need for registry.
>
>
>
>
> -Ilari
>
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