> a) and b) seems to be essentially the same thing?

Yes, I was actually thinking the same thing while writing, that it's
essentially the same thing :-)

> I think c) is a really bad idea.

I understand your preference. However, as I mentioned in the previous post
to Orie, I think defining all of alg values is not such a bad idea.
All of the other HPKE modes are well-defined in RFC9180 and I think that
they don't affect the definition of KEM key representation and hkc
structure.

Best,
AJITOMI Daisuke

2023年4月17日(月) 0:10 Ilari Liusvaara <[email protected]>:

> On Sun, Apr 16, 2023 at 09:05:54PM +0900, AJITOMI Daisuke wrote:
> >
> > I think there are several topics mixed in this thread, but first, I'd
> like
> > to comment on whether this draft should be merged into the existing
> > COSE-HPKE spec.
> >
> > The reasons why I proposed this draft as an independent specification
> > separate from COSE-HPKE are as follows:
> >
> > a) I wanted to define not only COSE_Key but also JWK representation
> > together for HPKE. This is the biggest reason.
> >
> > b) Key representation is essentially independent of the COSE message
> format
> > and can be used for various applications unrelated to COSE or JOSE.  As I
> > mentioned in the slides for IETF116, I thought it would be beneficial for
> > applications using HPKE for end-to-end encryption over HTTP if the HPKE
> > recipient's public key could be published at the .well-known/jwks
> endpoint.
> > COSE_Key representation may also be useful for CoAP-based end-to-end
> > encryption apps in the same way.
>
> a) and b) seems to be essentially the same thing? But yes, I agree
> this should be something to work on.
>
>
> > c) I wanted to consolidate the definitions of all expected alg values
> > (HPKE-v1-{Base, Auth, PSK, AuthPSK}) into one document. Although I had
> > agreed with the opinion that the COSE-HPKE should focus only on the Base
> > mode, I thought it would be better to have all alg values for HPKE modes
> > consolidated into one document. If this draft is adopted as a working
> group
> > document, I was thinking of proposing to move the definition of alg
> values
> > from the COSE-HPKE spec to this draft.
>
> I think c) is a really bad idea. Defining alg value requires specifying
> how it would work. Which would imply extending scope into specifying
> the other three modes of HPKE. Just the security considerations in
> doing so are highly nontrivial.
>
> And doing this with JWK is even worse idea, because now you need full
> definition of JOSE-HPKE, which is considerably harder task than the
> entiere COSE-HPKE spec.
>
>
> > If it is concluded that JWK should not be defined together, and that the
> > definition of key representation should be limited to the HPKE Base mode,
> > and that other HPKE modes should not be defined at this point, then it
> may
> > indeed be better to merge this draft into the COSE-HPKE spec. On the
> other
> > hand, if there is room for discussion on these issues, I think it would
> be
> > appropriate to consider it as an independent draft currently. We can
> merge
> > it into the COSE-HPKE spec at any time. What do you think?
>
> I think the work should be split into two sub-tasks, both to be handled
> in one document (if applicable):
>
> 1) Definition of minimal kty for generic HPKE keys in COSE_Key and JWK.
>
> E.g. (for JWK, the COSE_key version just replaces JOSEisms with
> COSEisms):
>
> {
>         "kty":"HPKE",
>         "kem":48,
>         "priv":"ge...t5",
>         "pub":"cd...7i",
> }
>
>
> 2) If desired by the WG (since this is unprecedented), a negotiation
> mechanism for HPKE algorithms.
>
> E.g. (again can replace JOSEisms with COSEisms for COSE_Key version):
>
> {
>         <other key fields>
>         "hpkeadv":[[],[1],[2,3]],
>         "cose-bulk":[2,3,24],
> }
>
> The order in hpkeadv is supported KEMs, KDFs, AEADs. Every field allows
> one or more values (if in kty=HPKE, then kem value is implicitly added
> to the KEM list).
>
> "cose-bulk" is list of COSE algorithm IDs supported for bulk encryption
> at layer 0 (integer or string, so fits JSON datamodel).
>
>
> I wrote the examples for JWK because it is consderably easier to sketch
> JSON than CBOR diagnostic notation, and the mapping to COSE_Key is
> pretty much trivial.
>
>
>
>
> -Ilari
>
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