Hello!

Similar to Simo, I'm a hard no on the short names.  I prefer the longer names 
because I value clarity and readability over saving a few bytes.  Although it 
can be looked up, it is abstracted too much from the underlying algorithm.

Regards,
-matt 


> On Dec 12, 2024, at 8:00 AM, Orie Steele <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Here are the same name changes, proposed in COSE HPKE:
> 
> https://github.com/cose-wg/HPKE/pull/60
> 
> OS
> 
> On Thu, Dec 12, 2024 at 7:26 AM Michael Jones <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> https://github.com/ietf-wg-jose/draft-ietf-jose-hpke-encrypt/pull/12 creates 
>> short algorithm identifiers, per the JOSE naming conventions 
>> <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7518.html#section-1>.  It uses the names 
>> proposed by Orie.
>> 
>>  
>> 
>>                                                        -- Mike
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Simo Sorce <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> 
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2024 1:21 PM
>> To: Orie Steele <[email protected]>
>> Cc: tirumal reddy <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>; Michael 
>> Jones <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>; 
>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>> Subject: Re: [jose] Re: JOSE HPKE algorithm identifiers
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> On Tue, 2024-12-10 at 10:16 -0600, Orie Steele wrote:
>> 
>> > Hey Simo,
>> 
>> > 
>> 
>> > Can you say which format you prefer for proposed HPKE algorithms?
>> 
>> > It is not clear which shortened proposal you are objecting to here.
>> 
>> > 
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> I think HPKE-P256-SHA256-A128GCM is relatively clear.
>> 
>> Otoh HPKE-P2-S2-A1 is difficult to read and will require a lookup table to 
>> know what A1 or S2 or P2 actually are ...
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> If size really is an issue we should go full abstract and use a label like 
>> Addd  (where ddd is digits, probably corresponding to the code COSE uses) 
>> and not even try to have meaningful text labels.
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> > OS
>> 
>> > 
>> 
>> > On Tue, Dec 10, 2024 at 9:44 AM Simo Sorce <[email protected] 
>> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> 
>> > 
>> 
>> > > This would be a net regression,
>> 
>> > > these areas are complicated enough that we do not need to add
>> 
>> > > confusion to save a couple of bytes.
>> 
>> > > 
>> 
>> > > On Fri, 2024-12-06 at 12:06 +0530, tirumal reddy wrote:
>> 
>> > > > We can consider the short-form HPKE-P2-S2-A1.
>> 
>> > > > 
>> 
>> > > > -Tiru
>> 
>> > > > 
>> 
>> > > > On Fri, 6 Dec 2024 at 01:45, Michael Jones 
>> 
>> > > > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
>> 
>> > > > wrote:
>> 
>> > > > 
>> 
>> > > > > Please see the discussion in the issue
>> 
>> > > > > https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2 
>> > > > > <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%252>
>> > > > > Fgithub.com%2Fietf-wg-jose%2Fdraft-ietf-jose-hpke-encrypt%2Fissu
>> 
>> > > > > es%2F8&data=05%7C02%7C%7C6fde9dccbc8b4bd1e81308dd1a29c4b5%7C84df
>> 
>> > > > > 9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638695488902911696%7CUnkn
>> 
>> > > > > own%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIl
>> 
>> > > > > AiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdat
>> 
>> > > > > a=3pM%2Fw54gezD7hOfgzApDinZkFe8s4%2ByOyD3TYTdPw%2F8%3D&reserved=
>> 
>> > > > > 0
>> 
>> > > (*Algorithm
>> 
>> > > > > identifiers like HPKE-P256-SHA256-A128GCM are overly verbose*)
>> 
>> > > > > and add your thoughts there.
>> 
>> > > > > 
>> 
>> > > > > 
>> 
>> > > > > 
>> 
>> > > > >                                                                 
>> > > > > Thanks!
>> 
>> > > > > 
>> 
>> > > > >                                                                
>> 
>> > > > > -- Mike
>> 
>> > > > > 
>> 
>> > > > > 
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