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Technically, only the private exponent and the modulus are necessary
for the private operations.  However, the performance can be so bad
that it be a Denial of Service attack.  Better to reject, in my opinion.


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Matt Miller < [email protected] >
Cisco Systems, Inc.

On 11/10/14, 10:08 PM, Mike Jones wrote:
> Clarification question:  Would the private key operate correctly,
> if possibly inefficiently, in the multi-prime case if all the
> private key parameters other than “d” were ignored?  I ask, because
> if this is the case, your wording could be modified to the less
> severe text:
> 
> 
> 
> If the consumer of a JWK does not support multi-prime RSA moduli
> and it encounters a private key that includes the "oth" parameter,
> then it MUST either reject the key or ignore all the private key
> parameters other than “d”.
> 
> 
> 
> -- Mike
> 
> 
> 
> *From:*jose [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Richard
> Barnes *Sent:* Monday, November 10, 2014 7:02 PM *To:*
> [email protected] *Subject:* [jose] Clean interop with "oth"
> 
> 
> 
> It seems clear that there are no implementations today that support
> the "oth" element, i.e., that support RSA with a modulus with
> multiple factors.  At least some of them simply ignore the "oth"
> element, which unfortunately leads to incorrect operation.  I would
> propose something of the following form in JWA:
> 
> """
> 
> If the consumer of a JWK does not support multi-prime RSA moduli
> and it encounters a private key that includes the "oth" parameter,
> then it MUST reject the key.
> 
> """
> 
> 
> 
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