On Tue, Jul 9, 2024 at 12:11 PM Les Hazlewood <[email protected]> wrote:

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> Additionally, such an initiative breaks the concepts of `alg` and `enc` as
> they are defined today.  They are and always have been separate concepts.
> `alg` is a *key* management algorithm, it is not an encryption algorithm.
> That HPKE is composed of both operations isn’t a reason to force it into
> the existing `alg` construct - that's trying to do too much and force
> things that don’t make sense in a single header parameter that has been
> well-defined for a decade.
>

It similarly doesn't make sense to force it into the existing `enc`
construct.

Maybe JWE isn't a good fit for HPKE?

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