hi Orie,

Many thanks for the review!

On Thu, 15 Aug 2024 at 01:25, Orie Steele <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Authors might consider providing some guidance regarding validation of CTT 
> where the COSE claims appear (iat, nbf) to have happened after the timestamp 
> ( time travel ).

+1.   I think this needs to be discussed as part of the threat & trust
models and can be bundled with your last comment "Security
considerations seem light".

> IIRC cose counter signatures apply to the protected header, payload and 
> signature, whereas CTT only applies to the signatures.
>
> This means that the TSA does not countersign any protected information in the 
> header?

No, the signature subsumes the protected headers and payload (however
carried), so the TSA counter-signature includes them.  Maybe the
reference to 9338 is confusing and we should just remove it [1].

> Some use cases for the 2 modes might improve the document.

Tracked at [2].

> Security considerations seem light.

Tracked at [3].

cheers, thanks!

[1] 
https://github.com/ietf-scitt/draft-birkholz-cose-tsa-tst-header-parameter/issues/18
[2] 
https://github.com/ietf-scitt/draft-birkholz-cose-tsa-tst-header-parameter/issues/17
[3] 
https://github.com/ietf-scitt/draft-birkholz-cose-tsa-tst-header-parameter/issues/16

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