Re: [COSE] tstr values for kty, alg, crv, etc.

2021-08-05 Thread Laurence Lundblade
I don’t think tstr can be removed from the standard. That would break backwards compatibility. Maybe a strong recommendation could be added with the comment that many implementations don’t support tstr. There is a revision of 8152 in process right now called 8152bis. That seems like the place

Re: [COSE] tstr values for kty, alg, crv, etc.

2021-08-05 Thread AJITOMI Daisuke
Hi folks, > I prefer to see the option of `tstr` labels removed if possible. I'm glad to see that there are several people who agree with me. To remove the option of tstr labels from the spec, would a revised RFC be needed? Or would an errata enough for that? Anyway, I would like to hear from

Re: [COSE] tstr values for kty, alg, crv, etc.

2021-08-05 Thread Jeremy O'Donoghue
Hi list, I agree with Laurence on this. I work on platform-related security standards at GlobalPlatform where we are using COSE quite extensively. A major use-case is highly constrained embedded targets where the benefits from eliminating string handling are considerable – many such platforms