I support that text.

On Wed, Oct 9, 2024, 4:12 PM Brian Campbell <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Indeed I am late to the party on this one. Apologies again for that. It's
> quite challenging to keep up with things. At least it is for me.
>
> I maintain that the use of an 'oauth' namespace for a COSE thing is
> inappropriate. But also recognize the many impediments to change,
> particularly at this stage.
>
> I'd suggest an AUTH48 note that's more reflective of the situation,
> however - something along the lines of:
>
>    "Note that, despite 'oauth' in the namespace, these URIs are intended
> for use with applications and specifications not necessarily related to
> OAuth."
>
> On Tue, Oct 8, 2024 at 12:21 PM Michael Jones <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> (Writing with my chair hat on.)  This document is in the RFC Editor queue
>> in the EDIT state.  Its IANA state is OK – Actions Needed.  I would support
>> adding a sentence along these lines during AUTH48 processing, probably at
>> the end of Section 5.6
>> <https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-ietf-cose-key-thumbprint-06.html#name-cose-key-thumbprint-uris>
>> :
>>
>> “Note that these URIs are intended for use with any kinds of
>> specifications and not just OAuth or COSE specifications.”
>>
>>
>>
>> I wouldn’t support changing the URI syntax at this late stage of the
>> specification process, as it would raise questions of whether to remove the
>> spec from the RFC Editor queue and send it back to the working group.
>>
>>
>>
>>                                                                 -- Mike
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Orie Steele <[email protected]>
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 8, 2024 9:50 AM
>> *To:* Brian Campbell <[email protected]>
>> *Cc:* Tschofenig, Hannes <[email protected]>;
>> [email protected]; cose <[email protected]>
>> *Subject:* [COSE] Re: [IANA #1361034] expert review for
>> draft-ietf-cose-key-thumbprint (oauth-parameters)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 8, 2024 at 11:10 AM Brian Campbell <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> The OAuth URI registry
>> <https://www.iana.org/assignments/oauth-parameters/oauth-parameters.xml#uri>
>> on the OAuth Parameters
>> <https://www.iana.org/assignments/oauth-parameters/oauth-parameters.xml>
>> registry page was established by RFC6755 An IETF URN Sub-Namespace for
>> OAuth <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6755.html>, which says it
>> "establishes an IETF URN Sub-namespace for use with OAuth-related
>> specifications." The subnamespace of "urn:ietf:params:oauth:" (which I got
>> wrong by omitting the "ietf:" part in my prior message, apologies) was
>> created stating in the intro
>> <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6755.html#section-1> that "OAuth
>> relevant parameters will be established underneath it." The presence of the
>> word "oauth" in the URN Sub-namespace itself also implies some relationship
>> to OAuth.
>>
>>
>>
>> COSE and COSE keys and their thumbprints are not OAuth-related
>> specifications nor OAuth relevant parameters.
>>
>>
>>
>> That's why I feel this is incorrect.
>>
>>
>>
>> JWK Thumbprints URIs <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9278.html> are
>> arguably also not OAuth-related. I'd be pretty sympathetic to that
>> argument. I'd also be sympathetic to an argument that that document
>> shouldn't even exist. But it's much too late to do anything about that now.
>> And JWKs are used in some OAuth-related specifications and the document
>> came up through the OAUTH WG so there is some relationship, if a rather
>> tenuous one.
>>
>>
>>
>> I agree with your comments regarding the relationship of JWK Thumbprints
>> to OAuth.
>> The same public key expressed as a JWK or COSE Key will have different
>> thumbprints.
>> For this reason, I think it will be least astonishing for developers to
>> discover the URI expressions of thumbprints in the same registry.
>>
>> BTW, this topic was discussed previously here, and I agree with Mike's
>> comment generally:
>>
>> https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/cose/wGUObrMhC1QmERJ5_l47gK8unF4/
>>
>> Especially this part: Unnecessary differences when doing the same thing
>> should be avoided.
>>
>> While digging this up I realized the document does not explicitly state
>> that these thumbprint URIs can be used by applications other than OAuth.
>>
>> I see several paths forward:
>>
>> - Remove the COSE Key Thumbprint URI from the document.
>> - Keep it and use a different sub-namespace (not oauth).
>> - Keep it and use oauth
>>
>> I prefer the last option, but I believe we should apply Mike Jones'
>> suggestion to be explicit that these URIs are expected to be used by
>> applications other than OAuth.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 7, 2024 at 5:36 PM Orie Steele <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Brian, indeed this was done to align with the existing JWK Thumbprint URI.
>>
>>
>>
>> Why do you feel this is incorrect?
>>
>>
>>
>> Here is the JWK example:
>>
>>
>>
>> urn:ietf:params:oauth:jwk-thumbprint:NzbLsX...
>>
>>
>>
>> In an ideal world, I think names for keys should be shorter... and not
>> protocol specific.
>>
>>
>>
>> Something like:
>>
>>
>>
>> urn:jkt:Nzb....
>>
>>
>>
>> urn:ckt:Nzb....
>>
>>
>>
>> But that's not the way these parameters have been registered historically.
>>
>>
>>
>> OS
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 7, 2024, 5:34 PM Brian Campbell <bcampbell=
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> I realize this comes quite late, sorry, probably too late for any action.
>> I find myself here due mostly to a tangentially related discussion in a
>> different standards-related organization.
>>
>>
>>
>> But can anyone explain the justification for the use of the OAuth URI
>> registry here? I realize the registry exists so it was probably a
>> convenient thing to do to carve out a URN sub-namespace. And I know that,
>> for better or worse, the JWK Thumbprint URI uses "urn:oauth:params:" so
>> this was likely just following what was done there. But the use of
>> "urn:oauth:params:" for a COSE Key Thumbprint URI really doesn't seem quite
>> right.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 4, 2024 at 9:04 AM Tschofenig, Hannes <hannes.tschofenig=
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Hi David,
>>
>> I hope it is OK for me to do the expert review given that I am also an
>> author of the specification.
>>
>> I checked the text in the IANA registry of the draft against the body of
>> the document and the request to add a new entry to the OAuth URI registry
>> for the URN: urn:ietf:params:oauth:ckt is correct.
>>
>> Ciao
>> Hannes
>>
>> PS: Could you remove the Arm email address from the IANA system?
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: COSE <[email protected]> On Behalf Of David Dong via RT
>> Sent: Wednesday, 13 March 2024 20:38
>> Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]
>> Subject: [COSE] [IANA #1361034] expert review for
>> draft-ietf-cose-key-thumbprint (oauth-parameters)
>>
>> Dear Hannes Tschofenig (cc: cose WG),
>>
>> As the designated expert for the OAuth URI registry, can you review the
>> proposed registration in draft-ietf-cose-key-thumbprint-04 for us? Please
>> see
>>
>> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-cose-key-thumbprint/
>>
>> The due date is March 27th, 2024.
>>
>> If this is OK, when the IESG approves the document for publication, we'll
>> make the registration at:
>>
>> https://www.iana.org/assignments/oauth-parameters/
>>
>> With thanks,
>>
>> David Dong
>> IANA Services Sr. Specialist
>>
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