I'm confused.  This is not about the IV == Initialization Vector, it's
about the JWE Integrity Value (inconveniently also "IV").  I don't think
anyone has proposed merging in the initialization vector, both because
that's not what RFC 5116 does and because it's a terrible idea :)


On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 2:41 PM, John Bradley <[email protected]> wrote:

> 1 ish.
>
> Representing the nonce/IV separately should not preclude using a crypto
> library generated nonce/IV , as may be done in some libraries implementing
>  draft-mcgrew-aead-aes-cbc-hmac-sha2.
>
> So I am in favour of the current serialization while wanting to support
> the crypto from  draft-mcgrew-aead-aes-cbc-hmac-sha2 if not the particular
> serialization which is optimized for a different use-case.   The current 
> draft-mcgrew-aead-aes-cbc-hmac-sha2
> conflates crypto and serialization.  I am hoping we can resolve that so the
> crypto can be supported.
>
> John B.
>
> On 2013-04-11, at 8:58 PM, Karen O'Donoghue <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>  Issue #11 http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/jose/trac/ticket/11 proposes
> restructuring the JWE representation to remove the JWE Integrity Value
> field and instead use the RFC 5116 (AEAD) binary serialization to represent
> the Ciphertext, Initialization Vector, and Integrity Value values.  If this
> proposal is adopted, JWEs would then have three fields – the header, the
> encrypted key, and the RFC 5116 combination of the Ciphertext,
> Initialization Vector, and Integrity Value values.****** **
>
> This issue is also related to issue #3.  Note that the updated McGrew
> draft described there could be used whether or not we switched to using RFC
> 5116.****
>
>
> Which of these best describes your preferences on this issue?****
>
> 1.  Continue having separate Ciphertext, Initialization Vector, and
> Integrity Value values in the JWE representation.****
>
> 2.  Switch to using the RFC 5116 (AEAD) serialization to represent the
> combination of these three values.****
>
> 3.  Another resolution (please specify in detail).****
>
> 0.  I need more information to decide.****
>
>
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