My apologies folks... This was in my draft folder and I sent instead of
deleted... please ignore and return to your previously scheduled
discussion...
Thanks,
Karen
On 8/15/12 1:45 PM, Karen O'Donoghue wrote:
jose wg,
We have received a request for information from the W3C working group.
We will be working on a response shortly. Comments welcome.
Thanks,
Karen
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: JOSE WG request from W3C WebCrypto API
Resent-Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2012 11:03:52 -0400 (EDT)
Resent-From: [email protected]
Resent-To: [email protected], [email protected],
Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2012 17:02:30 +0200
From: Harry Halpin <[email protected]>
To: Jim Schaad <[email protected]>, Karen O'Donoghue
<[email protected]>, [email protected], Michael Jones
<[email protected]>
[cc'ing Mike Jones and Richard Barnes, who participate inboth WGs]
JOSE Chairs,
The Web Cryptography Working group has noted that the API requires some
access to raw key material, and the issue of whether or not to use JWK
or ASN.1 as the default format came up. Two issues have come out that
we'd like to know the answer to:
1) JWK does not define a private key format. Does the JOSE WG plan to
support a JOSE-format for private keys? If so, when? Or 'maybe'?
2) While we'd like encourage the use of JOSE over ASN.1, it seems like
for backwards compatibility having some level of ASN.1 support would be
useful and we *need* a format that allows key material (both private and
public) to be exported. Folks seem to leaning towards ASN.1 as a default
format in the low-level API, and having JWK as a format that can be
built on top of that in a possible high-level API. Would that be OK?
3) How stable do you believe the JOSE formats are right now? Do you
think they are stable enough now we can reference them in our API draft
at end of August? If not, when? The W3C would like to and plan to use
these formats where possible.
Feel free to forward this by JOSE WG for discussion. We'd like an answer
before we send our document to FPWD at end of August.
cheers,
harry
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