I would be againist calling the authentication_tag mac. I don't object to something like AuthTag. It is not necessarily a MAC in all cases so calling it one make thing problematical - much like calling a mac a sig.
Jim > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > jose issue tracker > Sent: Monday, May 06, 2013 2:29 PM > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: [jose] #20: Shorter names for JSON serialization > > #20: Shorter names for JSON serialization > > I noticed as I was doing some programming with the JSON syntax for JWE/JWS > that the current field names in the JSON format are unnecessarily > cumbersome. Nobody in the real world names a variable > "initialization_vector", it's "iv". Proposed changes: > > || OLD || NEW || > || signatures || sigs || > || signature || sig || > || payload || data || > || recipients || keys || > || ciphertext || data || > || initialization_vector || iv || > || authentication_tag || mac || > > -- > -------------------------+---------------------------------------------- > -------------------------+--- > Reporter: [email protected] | Owner: draft-ietf-jose-json-web- > Type: defect | [email protected] > Priority: minor | Status: new > Component: json-web- | Milestone: > encryption | Version: > Severity: - | Keywords: > -------------------------+---------------------------------------------- > -------------------------+--- > > Ticket URL: <http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/jose/trac/ticket/20> > jose <http://tools.ietf.org/jose/> > > _______________________________________________ > jose mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/jose _______________________________________________ jose mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/jose
