Re: Re: Indicating certificate order in XML Dig Sig ( LC-2504)

2011-08-15 Thread frederick . hirsch
Dear Marcos Caceres , The XML Security Working Group has reviewed the comments you sent [1] on the Last Call Working Draft [2] of the XML Signature Syntax and Processing Version 1.1 published on 3 Mar 2011. Thank you for having taken the time to review the document and to send us comments! The

Re: [ambient light events LC] Feedback ( LC-2736)

2013-01-17 Thread frederick . hirsch
Dear Tab Atkins Jr. , The Device APIs Working Group has reviewed the comments you sent [1] on the Last Call Working Draft [2] of the Ambient Light Events published on 13 Dec 2012. Thank you for having taken the time to review the document and to send us comments! The Working Group's response to

Re: Proposal for a Permissions API

2014-09-15 Thread Frederick Hirsch
versions. This Working Group’s deliverables must address issues of accessibility, internationalization, mobility,security and privacy. ]] Discussed at 4 Sep teleconference [2] regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch, Nokia Chair DAP @fjhirsch [1] http://www.w3.org/2011/07/DeviceAPICharter [2

Re: [W3C TCP and UDP Socket API]: Status and home for this specification

2015-04-07 Thread Frederick Hirsch
cases going forward? This might be useful before considering venue for the work and detailed issues. (Is there a public web page with information on current implementations?) thanks regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch www.fjhirsch.com @fjhirsch > On Apr 1, 2015, at 5:22 AM, Nilsson,

Re: Stability of Widget DigSig

2015-05-08 Thread Frederick Hirsch
no objection, the referenced document is a Recommendation, isn't it? http://www.w3.org/TR/widgets-digsig/ regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Chair XML Security WG fjhirsch.com @fjhirsch > On May 8, 2015, at 7:14 AM, Arthur Barstow wrote: > > [ + Marcos and Frederick ]

Call for Consensus: Publish First Public Working Draft of FindText API, respond by 14 October

2015-10-06 Thread Frederick Hirsch
he spec's contents and the specification may be updated. If you have any comments or concerns about this CfC, please reply to this e-mail by 14 October at the latest. Positive response is preferred and encouraged, even a +1 will do Silence will be considered as agreement with the proposa

Re: Call for Consensus: Publish First Public Working Draft of FindText API, respond by 14 October

2015-10-08 Thread Frederick Hirsch
+1 to FPWD of FindText API > On Oct 7, 2015, at 11:38 AM, Robert Sanderson wrote: > > +1 to FPWD > > On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 8:34 AM, Ivan Herman wrote: > I am happy to have this documents published as FPWD. > > Ivan > > > > On 06 Oct 2015, at 22:32 , F

Call for Consensus to Publish First Public Working Draft of FindText API completed with support and no objections

2015-10-14 Thread Frederick Hirsch
6, 2015, at 4:32 PM, Frederick Hirsch wrote: > > This is a call for consensus (CfC) to publish a First Public Working Draft > (FPWD) of FindText API; deadline 14 October (1 week) > > This FindText API is joint deliverable of the WebApps WG and Web Annotation > WG (listed as

Call for Consensus (CfC) to close the Web Intents Task Force - Deadline October 29, 2015

2015-10-15 Thread Frederick Hirsch
, 2015 (2 weeks) to this CfC. Thanks regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Chair, W3C Device APIs WG (DAP) www.fjhirsch.com @fjhirsch [1] http://www.w3.org/2009/dap/#webintents [2] http://w3c.github.io/dap-charter/DeviceAPICharter.html [3] http://www.w3.org/2015/10/webplatform-charter.html

Re: Reminder: RfC: LCWD of Digital Signatures for Widgets; deadline 6 May 2010

2010-04-29 Thread Frederick Hirsch
Frederick Hirsch Nokia On Apr 29, 2010, at 12:17 PM, ext Marcos Caceres wrote: I have fund a number of issues with the dig sig spec: 1. The conformance model is all screwy: it mixes conformance criteria for too many products (including ones on which were it makes no sense, like signature documents

Review of update to Widget Signature

2010-04-30 Thread Frederick Hirsch
looks like the same net effect on implementations. Thanks regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia

Re: Minor DigSig feedback

2010-05-06 Thread Frederick Hirsch
Andreas Thanks, good catch. regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia On May 5, 2010, at 11:41 AM, ext Andreas Kuehne wrote: Hi all, just a minor comment found by build a test case : Section 7.1. Common Constraints for Signature Generation and Validation 1. [...] 2

Re: Minor DigSig feedback

2010-05-06 Thread Frederick Hirsch
in the proposed editors draft [1] this is section 10.2 item #3 I suggest we change 3a from "The URI attribute ..." to be "For references that are not same-document references, the URI attribute..." regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia On May 5, 2010, at 11:41 AM

Re: Pre-LC Review Requested: System Information API

2010-05-11 Thread Frederick Hirsch
battery - isBeingCharged: true if the current power source is a battery and is being charged What do you think? This seems clearer and more straightforward. regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia On May 11, 2010, at 10:47 AM, ext Max Froumentin wrote: On 10/05/2010 17:36, timeless

Widgets 1.0: Requirements comment

2008-08-25 Thread Frederick Hirsch
ture, which includes updating the link, date, title etc. http://www.w3.org/TR/xmldsig-core/ regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/widgets-reqs/#r11.- [2] http://www.w3.org/TR/widgets-reqs/#normative

Updated Editors Draft of Widgets Digital Signatures

2008-12-17 Thread Frederick Hirsch
sections Additional minor editorial update regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia On Dec 16, 2008, at 5:43 AM, ext Thomas Roessler wrote: I suggest to remove the editorial note currently present in section 8 of the Editor's Draft. Instead, add the following to the Sec

widgets signature abstract - proposed change

2008-12-17 Thread Frederick Hirsch
ion process). regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia

Re: widgets signature abstract - proposed change

2008-12-19 Thread Frederick Hirsch
I have updated the Editors Draft of Widgets Digital Signatures with the revised abstract and the URI for RSA-SHA256. regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia On Dec 17, 2008, at 7:19 PM, Frederick Hirsch wrote: Suggested changes to widgets signature Abstract: Change "Pri

Update to Widgets Signatures Editors Draft

2009-01-05 Thread Frederick Hirsch
change the XML Signature namespace. regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia [1] http://dev.w3.org/2006/waf/widgets-digsig/

Comments on Widgets 1.0 Security requirements

2009-01-05 Thread Frederick Hirsch
signature. Note that a nonce and timestamp, as used for replay attack mitigation, may not be suitable since the client may never have installed the widget previously and not have access to earlier nonce information. That is all for now, though I may have missed something. regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia [1] http://dev.w3.org/2006/waf/widgets-reqs/

Re: Comments on Widgets 1.0 Security requirements

2009-01-07 Thread Frederick Hirsch
Mark Some more discussion inline, thanks for taking the time to review. Do you mind updating the draft with the items we agree? regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia On Jan 7, 2009, at 11:03 AM, ext Priestley, Mark, VF-Group wrote: Hi Frederick, Thanks for your comments. As someone

Updated Signature Properties Draft

2009-01-08 Thread Frederick Hirsch
list. Note that this document is subject to change, based on discussion in XML Security WG This should close XML Security WG ACTION-129 Thank you regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia [1] http://www.w3.org/2008/xmlsec/Drafts/xmldsig-properties/Overview.html

Proposed changes to Widgets Signatures

2009-01-08 Thread Frederick Hirsch
separate libraries?) regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia [1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webapps/2009JanMar/0038.html

Re: Updated Signature Properties Draft

2009-01-08 Thread Frederick Hirsch
Based on web applications discussion on teleconference replaced role property with usage property, updated draft. regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia On Jan 8, 2009, at 8:45 AM, Frederick Hirsch wrote: I have updated the Signature Properties editors draft [1] as follows (see

updates Widgets 1.0 Digital Signatures

2009-01-08 Thread Frederick Hirsch
o add the proposed changes for (2) and (4) in [1] tomorrow, unless I hear objection by tomorrow morning, so as to get a more complete draft, which I will expect will still require additional review. regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia [1] plan to add proposed items (2) and (4) in

Widget Signature Issue - DSA-SHA256 may not be good algorithm choice

2009-01-08 Thread Frederick Hirsch
that was raised on today's Web Applications teleconference. I have a comment below from Brian LaMacchia, a member of the XML Security WG, that notes the issue. Much thanks Brian for noting this issue and expressing it clearly. regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia [1] http://d

New draft of XML Signature 1.1

2009-01-10 Thread Frederick Hirsch
fyi please note the added security considerations re DSA, including note regarding requirement for DSA http://www.w3.org/2008/xmlsec/Drafts/xmldsig-core-11/Overview.htm#sec-SignatureAlg regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia Begin forwarded message: Resent-From: public-xml...@w3.org

Updated Widget Signature Editors draft

2009-01-11 Thread Frederick Hirsch
, and decisions related to algorithms. regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia [1] http://dev.w3.org/2006/waf/widgets-digsig/ [2] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webapps/2009JanMar/0042.html [3] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webapps/2009JanMar/0040.html

updated Widgets Signature and properties

2009-01-16 Thread Frederick Hirsch
Begin forwarded message: From: Frederick Hirsch Date: January 16, 2009 12:04:43 PM EST To: XMLSec WG Public List Cc: Frederick Hirsch Subject: updated Widgets Signature and properties I've updated the Widgets Signature [1] and Signature Properties [2] drafts based on feedback durin

Re: Comments on Widgets 1.0 Security requirements

2009-01-20 Thread Frederick Hirsch
, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia On Jan 19, 2009, at 7:48 AM, ext Marcos Caceres wrote: Hi Frederick, I've updated the requirements document wrt the suggestions you have made. However, I have not yet included the new requirements as I need to consider them a bit more before I

Re: [widgets] Getting synch'ed up on Widgets Digital Signatures

2009-02-04 Thread Frederick Hirsch
additional thoughts on these requirements. regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia On Feb 4, 2009, at 3:49 PM, ext Thomas Roessler wrote: On 4 Feb 2009, at 21:45, Arthur Barstow wrote: * Is supporting OCSP and CRL a MUST for v1? Just for clarity, there are two possible requirements around

Re: Reminder: January 31 comment deadline for LCWD of Widgets 1.0: Packaging & Configuration spec

2009-02-11 Thread Frederick Hirsch
ure for a variety of possible signature usage/role types and/or signers to be handled, will rules be expressed in terms of usage/role (e.g. distributor) and what else? The model is not clear to me. regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia On Feb 6, 2009, at 10:51 AM, ext Priestley, Mark, VF

widgets 1.0 requirements suggestion

2009-02-12 Thread Frederick Hirsch
rm certificate chain validation and other checks related to the signature key information, without necessarily validating the referenced widget content at that time. Risks associated with separating time of verification and validation steps may need consideration." regards, Frederick F

Re: Using different widget signature roles

2009-02-19 Thread Frederick Hirsch
ature 1.1 and Properties to be published as First Public Working Draft very soon, barring any last minute difficulties. regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia On Feb 17, 2009, at 6:01 AM, ext Priestley, Mark, VF-Group wrote: Hi Frederick, Just thought I'd try and help with the

Updated Widgets 1.0 Signature editors draft

2009-02-24 Thread Frederick Hirsch
ument since we are discussing this item on the mailing list. Thanks regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia

Re: Reminder: January 31 comment deadline for LCWD of Widgets 1.0: Packaging & Configuration spec

2009-02-24 Thread Frederick Hirsch
sible for signatures to be added or removed and hence a secure channel for widget delivery might be preferable." regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia On Feb 6, 2009, at 10:51 AM, ext Priestley, Mark, VF-Group wrote: Hi Marcos, More responses to your comments below (marked [m

Re: [widgets] Comment on Widgets 1.0: Digital Signatures - the Usage property

2009-02-24 Thread Frederick Hirsch
x27;t believe that is specific to Widget Signature. regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia On Feb 13, 2009, at 8:26 AM, ext Marcos Caceres wrote: 2009/2/12 Priestley, Mark, VF-Group : [mp] As a general comment, I think this is a pretty difficult problem to address in a secure manner

Re: Review of latest Widget Signature Draft

2009-02-25 Thread Frederick Hirsch
Thomas Thanks for the careful review. comments inline regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia On Feb 25, 2009, at 7:06 AM, ext Thomas Roessler wrote: In reviewing the latest draft, a couple of comments. Widgets 1.0: Digital Signatures Editor's Draft 23 February 2009

Re: ACTION-306: Trust anchors

2009-02-25 Thread Frederick Hirsch
this could be conveyed out of band and it might not always be appropriate to include in every signature. Thoughts on this one? regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia On Feb 25, 2009, at 9:23 AM, ext Thomas Roessler wrote: I propose that we add te following text in the beginning o

Re: ACTION-306: Trust anchors

2009-02-25 Thread Frederick Hirsch
ok thanks, good to be clear. I'll go ahead and make the change. regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia On Feb 25, 2009, at 5:59 PM, ext Thomas Roessler wrote: I was not suggesting that we should mandate X509Data (or anything like it). The point I was getting at was, that along wit

Re: [widgets] Digsig optimization

2009-02-27 Thread Frederick Hirsch
and calculate the reference hashes once, eliminating that overhead if it were a concern. regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia On Feb 27, 2009, at 6:48 AM, ext Marcos Caceres wrote: Hi Frederick, Mark, I have a concern wrt the author signature. It seems that both the author signature and

Re: [widgets] Digsig optimization

2009-02-27 Thread Frederick Hirsch
obviously I meant every non-signature file etc regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia On Feb 27, 2009, at 8:18 AM, Hirsch Frederick (Nokia-CIC/Boston) wrote: Marcos Yes, logically there would be two self contained signatures with references to every file in the package. Again Policy

Additional Widgets 1.0 Digital Signatures updates

2009-03-02 Thread Frederick Hirsch
/Public/public-webapps/2009JanMar/0548.html Remaining to do item is to add additional signature properties including signature id, expires/timestamp. regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia

Re: Review of latest Widget Signature Draft

2009-03-03 Thread Frederick Hirsch
ID based references + Timestamp and serial number, expiration As you note the issue of second hash algorithm might be more difficult and may also depend on XML Signature 1.1 decisions, so that has not also been addressed. Thanks regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia On Feb 25, 2009

Re: numbering

2009-03-05 Thread Frederick Hirsch
range from 01 to 09, e.g. signature01.xml to signature09.xml. --- Does this make sense? regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia On Mar 5, 2009, at 9:15 AM, ext timeless wrote: http://dev.w3.org/2006/waf/widgets-digsig/#locating-signatures 4.3 If the signatures list is not emp

Re: [widgets] Minutes from 5 March 2009 Voice Conference

2009-03-05 Thread Frederick Hirsch
I updated the style for items in the Digital Signature specification to brown. Does this work better? It does not conflict with other color uses as far as I can tell. Please look at http://dev.w3.org/2006/waf/widgets-digsig/ (refresh) regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia On

Re: [widgets] Minutes from 5 March 2009 Voice Conference

2009-03-05 Thread Frederick Hirsch
yes that has been the case ever since I've started working on this. Perhaps there is a W3C standard stylesheet we should be using. I'm not sure why the spec defines its own styles regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia On Mar 5, 2009, at 11:45 AM, Kapyaho Jere (Nokia-D-M

Updated Widgets 1.0 Signature editors draft

2009-03-05 Thread Frederick Hirsch
t) Still to do are possible changes related to Thomas's comments re ID reference language and additional properties. regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia [1] http://dev.w3.org/2006/waf/widgets-digsig/

Re: [widgets] Minutes from 5 March 2009 Voice Conference

2009-03-05 Thread Frederick Hirsch
how about simple italics for code? I'll also look into reducing body text regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia On Mar 5, 2009, at 11:59 AM, Hirsch Frederick (Nokia-CIC/Boston) wrote: yes that has been the case ever since I've started working on this. Perhaps there is a W3

Re: numbering

2009-03-05 Thread Frederick Hirsch
will be implementation dependent. regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia On Mar 5, 2009, at 12:03 PM, ext timeless wrote: On Mar 5, 2009, at 9:15 AM, I wrote: The proposal is to only allow [1-9][0-9]*, which should solve this. On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 5:59 PM, Frederick Hirsch wrote

Widget Signature update

2009-03-06 Thread Frederick Hirsch
y style to not be quite so large. Please indicate any comment or corrections on the list. Thanks regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia

Re: Widget Signature update

2009-03-09 Thread Frederick Hirsch
I updated section 4 to correspond to this: "If the signatures list is not empty, sort the list of signatures by the file name field in ascending numerical order (e.g.signature1.xml followed by signature2.xml followed by signature3.xml etc)." regards, Frederick Frederick Hi

widget signature proposed change: ABNF

2009-03-12 Thread Frederick Hirsch
ces section, with source Jere noted: [ABNF] RFC 5234, http://www.ietf.org/rfc/ rfc5234.txt">Augmented BNF for Syntax Specifications: ABNF. D. Crocker and P. Overell. January 2008. Unless I hear otherwise by Monday, I will make this change to the editors

Re: widget signature proposed change: ABNF

2009-03-12 Thread Frederick Hirsch
-zero-range to hex? That would match the RFC approach... regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia On Mar 12, 2009, at 12:06 PM, ext Marcin Hanclik wrote: Hi Frederick, One line of the ABNF quoted below could be adjusted to match RFC5234: "3.4. Value Range Alternatives: %c##-##".

Revised Proposal for Widget Signature ABNF

2009-03-12 Thread Frederick Hirsch
with "ABNF" in the third bullet 4) Add reference to ABNF in references section, with source Jere noted: [ABNF] RFC 5234, http://www.ietf.org/rfc/ rfc5234.txt">Augmented BNF for Syntax Specifications: ABNF. D. Crocker and P. Overell. January 2008. Unless I hear otherwise by Monday, I will make this change to the editors draft. If you agree with the change please let me know. Thanks regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia [1] http://dev.w3.org/2006/waf/widgets-digsig/

Re: Revised Proposal for Widget Signature ABNF

2009-03-13 Thread Frederick Hirsch
rulename defined-as elements c-nl ; continues if next line starts ; with white space Thanks. Kind regards, Marcin ________ From: Frederick Hirsch [frederick.hir...@nokia.com] Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 10:15 PM

Widget Signature Proposal: Add constraints on ds:Reference URIs

2009-03-13 Thread Frederick Hirsch
Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia [1] http://dev.w3.org/2006/waf/widgets-digsig/ [2] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webapps/2009JanMar/0547.html

Re: [widgets] Comments on Widget Signature update (was RE: Widget Signature update)

2009-03-13 Thread Frederick Hirsch
Mark Thanks for your review, I have some comments inline. Thomas, can you please review my proposed change to the security considerations text Mark mentioned? Thanks regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia On Mar 12, 2009, at 12:53 PM, ext Priestley, Mark, VF-Group wrote: Hi

[widgets-digsig] Editors Draft update and open issues

2009-03-16 Thread Frederick Hirsch
RSA-SHA-1, DSA- SHA-256 and RSA-SHA-256." c) I suggest removing the restatement of algorithm requirements in section 7.1 , specifically remove #5a and #5b. Are there any other changes needed that we are aware of? Thanks regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia [1] http://dev.w3.

Re: [widgets] Comments on Widget Signature update (was RE: Widget Signature update)

2009-03-17 Thread Frederick Hirsch
said specification; that is, one that only implements signatures. It should be possible to build a user agent that only processes signatures and is unaware any other of the widget 1.0 specifications. [Comment] by "application" do you mean "widget user agent"? as above. -- Marcos Caceres http://datadriven.com.au regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia

Re: [widgets] Comments on Widget Signature update (was RE: Widget Signature update)

2009-03-17 Thread Frederick Hirsch
"as secure as possible." regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia On Mar 17, 2009, at 7:22 AM, ext Marcos Caceres wrote: On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 12:17 PM, Thomas Roessler wrote: I'd suggest this instead: Implementations should be careful about trusting path components fo

Re: [widgets] Comments on Widget Signature update (was RE: Widget Signature update)

2009-03-17 Thread Frederick Hirsch
ig Sig spec. [1] http://dev.w3.org/2006/waf/widgets/#zip-relative-paths regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia

[widget-digsig] zip relative path update

2009-03-18 Thread Frederick Hirsch
, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia [1] http://dev.w3.org/2006/waf/widgets-digsig/ On Mar 17, 2009, at 8:15 AM, ext Marcos Caceres wrote: Hi Frederick, On 3/17/09 1:01 PM, Frederick Hirsch wrote: The latest draft includes the revised text from Thomas. Marcos, are you suggesting we add

[widget-digsig] proposed change to 7.1, common constraints, for algorithms

2009-03-18 Thread Frederick Hirsch
recommended key length Does this change make sense? Do you have any suggestion or comment? Thanks for the careful review of the draft. regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia [1] http://dev.w3.org/2006/waf/widgets-digsig/ [mp] While this is better I think it misses the fact that we are strongly

[widgets-digsig] Updated 5.1 with revised Reference constraint text

2009-03-18 Thread Frederick Hirsch
additional comment or corrections. Thanks Marcos for suggestions to this wording. (Also removed Inc from Nokia in title page) regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia [1] http://dev.w3.org/2006/waf/widgets-digsig/

[widget-digsig] changed widget signature files processing rule in section 4

2009-03-18 Thread Frederick Hirsch
correction. The latest draft also changes all usage of "widget user agent" to "user agent". regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia On Mar 16, 2009, at 4:46 PM, ext Priestley, Mark, VF-Group wrote: [mp] My view is that whether zero, one or more signatures is processed

Re: [widgets] Agenda for 19 March 2009 Voice Conference

2009-03-18 Thread Frederick Hirsch
I include some updates and questions inline on Widget Signature with pointers to mail archive. regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia On Mar 18, 2009, at 9:41 AM, Barstow Art (Nokia-CIC/Boston) wrote: Below is the draft agenda for the March 19 Widgets Voice Conference (VC). Inputs

Re: [widgets] Minutes from 25 February 2009 Widgets F2F Meeting

2009-03-19 Thread Frederick Hirsch
XML Security WG continues to refine XML Signature 1.1 and is looking for feedback. Thanks regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia On Mar 19, 2009, at 6:17 AM, ext Hillebrand, Rainer wrote: Dear Art, May I give feedback on an old action item regarding the preference for ECDSA vs. DSA

[widget-digsig] Editors note to be added to widget signature

2009-03-19 Thread Frederick Hirsch
FPWD of XML SIgnature 1.1. regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia [1] http://dev.w3.org/2006/waf/widgets-digsig/#algorithms

Re: [widget-digsig] Editors note to be added to widget signature

2009-03-19 Thread Frederick Hirsch
XML Security WG is also requesting feedback on the FPWD of XML SIgnature 1.1. regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia On Mar 19, 2009, at 9:48 AM, Hirsch Frederick (Nokia-CIC/Boston) wrote: Based on the discussion on today's call, I will add the following editors note to Widget Signatu

RE: [widget-digsig] proposed change to 7.1, common constraints, for algorithms

2009-03-19 Thread Frederick Hirsch
bly should review whether we need key length defined for each algorithm but can defer for now. Will this change of sentence work ? Thanks regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia (for some reason this message of yours did not reach my personal inbox, but it was on the list) Hi Frederic

Re: [widget-digsig] changed widget signature files processing rule in section 4

2009-03-19 Thread Frederick Hirsch
I think the current text is clearer since it make clear which direction to process the list, which would be ambiguous otherwise. regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia On Mar 19, 2009, at 9:40 AM, ext Priestley, Mark, VF-Group wrote: Hi Frederick, Small comment. I would change the

[widget-digsig] Editorial update of Widget Signature

2009-03-19 Thread Frederick Hirsch
WG agreed earlier that we would add this material. 4. Changed "Security Policy" to lowercase as appropriate. This should complete all my editorial actions before publication. Please review and let me know of any corrections or noted omissions. regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Noki

Re: [widget-digsig] Editorial update of Widget Signature

2009-03-19 Thread Frederick Hirsch
Completed additional changes to Editorial note in section 6, added links to XML Security WG home page, list of comments on FPWD and mailto link for comments on XML Signature 1.1. Also fixed editorial nit, "final set" to "a final set" regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsc

Re: [widgets] new digsig draft

2009-03-25 Thread Frederick Hirsch
rs vs working draft I think). I also notice on a substantive level that you changed the namespace. Was the reason to match a pre-existing choice for the Packaging and Configuration? Is this an item for discussion? The other changes looked good, thanks for improving the draft. regards,

Re: [widgets] new digsig draft

2009-03-26 Thread Frederick Hirsch
Marcos I checked in another revision to fix the broken link in 7. 2 (last sentence included s in span) and to fix various validation errors. The latest revision looks ok to me now, version 1.85 of Overview.src.html, version 1.93 of Overview.html regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch

additional widgets signature fix

2009-03-26 Thread Frederick Hirsch
I fixed one additional ordered list nit in widgets signature, so it validates correctly. When published the document date will need to be updated to the publication date. regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia

Re: [BONDI Architecture & Security] [widgets] new digsig draft

2009-03-26 Thread Frederick Hirsch
Frederick Hirsch Nokia On Mar 26, 2009, at 12:58 PM, ext Priestley, Mark, VF-Group wrote: Hi All, As the author signature was something I had a hand in creating let me add my 2 pence worth. Rainer is correct in that the author signature need not actually come from the author of the

Re: AW: Re: [BONDI Architecture & Security] [widgets] new digsig draft

2009-03-26 Thread Frederick Hirsch
having used the same signing key are from the same party . regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia On Mar 26, 2009, at 12:14 PM, ext Hillebrand, Rainer wrote: Hi Marcos! I agree with your suggestions. Best Regards, Rainer --- Sent from m

Re: AW: Re: [BONDI Architecture & Security] [widgets] new digsig draft

2009-03-26 Thread Frederick Hirsch
I think the draft provides enough assurance for the intended level of use. If you want higher levels of assurance more will be required, but I don't believe we have a requirement here for that. regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia On Mar 26, 2009, at 12:20 PM, ext Hillebrand, R

Re: AW: Re: [BONDI Architecture & Security] [widgets] new digsig draft

2009-03-26 Thread Frederick Hirsch
n the same category as policy and other such important considerations, which we have not detailed in the specification. regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia On Mar 26, 2009, at 5:06 PM, ext Marcin Hanclik wrote: Hi, I support this view. In the whole design of various widget signature

Re: [BONDI Architecture & Security] [widgets] new digsig draft, further comments

2009-03-27 Thread Frederick Hirsch
Marcin [removed cross-posting, since my posting would fail anyway] comments inline regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia On Mar 27, 2009, at 5:27 AM, ext Marcin Hanclik wrote: Hi Marcos, These are my further comments to the DigSig spec: 1. There is no section about typographic

Re: [BONDI Architecture & Security] [widgets] new digsig draft

2009-03-27 Thread Frederick Hirsch
Marcin Thanks, for the careful review. some comment inline [removed cross post, fails anyway] regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia On Mar 26, 2009, at 2:04 PM, ext Marcin Hanclik wrote: Hi Marcos, All, Please find below my - mostly editorial - comments to the latest digsig

Re: [BONDI Architecture & Security] [widgets] new digsig draft, further comments

2009-03-27 Thread Frederick Hirsch
author means creator... also, ok with your proposed change Within a widget package these signature files MUST be ordered based on the numeric portion of the signature file name. regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia On Mar 27, 2009, at 9:41 AM, ext Marcin Hanclik wrote: Hi Frederick, Th

Re: [widgets] Author

2009-03-27 Thread Frederick Hirsch
No I agree, we are trying to stay away from legal statements , that requires much more. regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia On Mar 27, 2009, at 10:40 AM, ext Marcin Hanclik wrote: Hi Frederick, re author, would the term "creator" in the sentence from Thomas help, thi

Re: [BONDI Architecture & Security] [widgets] new digsig draft

2009-03-27 Thread Frederick Hirsch
comments inline, thanks for reviewing this regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia On Mar 27, 2009, at 1:26 PM, ext Hillebrand, Rainer wrote: Dear Marcos, I hope to have less critical comments than in my last feedback email. 1. Section 7.1: change "The ds:SignatureMethod algo

Re: [BONDI Architecture & Security] [widgets] new digsig draft

2009-03-27 Thread Frederick Hirsch
I think we should remove it. Also, I revised the e.g. as follows ... undesireable and security relevant effects, such as overwriting of startup or system files. regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia On Mar 27, 2009, at 2:00 PM, ext Hillebrand, Rainer wrote: Dear Frederick, I

[widget-digsig] Updated Editors Draft of Widget Signature

2009-03-27 Thread Frederick Hirsch
s/Public/public-webapps/2009JanMar/0982.html regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia [1] added Numerical order is the order based on the numeric portion of the signature file name. Thus the highest numbered distributor signature would be validated first. to section 4, #6 --- replace The ord

Re: [widget-digsig] Updated Editors Draft of Widget Signature

2009-03-27 Thread Frederick Hirsch
I ran this through the W3C validator and fixed validation errors and warnings, it now validates cleanly. regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia On Mar 27, 2009, at 3:02 PM, Hirsch Frederick (Nokia-CIC/Boston) wrote: I have completed a major round of editorial updates to the Widget

Re: ISSUE-83 (digsig should not be read at runtime): Instantiated widget should not be able to read digital signature [Widgets]

2009-04-02 Thread Frederick Hirsch
ecure (and of course there are no attacks available against the algorithms and so on). regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia On Apr 2, 2009, at 5:20 PM, ext Priestley, Mark, VF-Group wrote: Hi Art, All, I tracked down my original explanation with subsequent qualification [1]. The pr

[widget-digsig] Pls review: Additional considerations on elliptic curve algorithms to consider

2009-04-08 Thread Frederick Hirsch
algorithms should be required in Widget Signature. Please share this additional information in your organization and indicate if it would cause any change in position regarding the mandatory to implement algorithms. Thank you regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch, Nokia Chair XML Se

Re: ISSUE-83 (digsig should not be read at runtime): Instantiated widget should not be able to read digital signature [Widgets]

2009-04-14 Thread Frederick Hirsch
+1 I do not understand the attack, but can envision cases where precluding access could cause problems. Examples might be user "see what is signed" or access to signature properties. Is this an access control issue rather than a general specification rule? regards, Frederick

Re: [widgets] Jar signing vs. XML signatures

2009-04-15 Thread Frederick Hirsch
mentations. So apart from personal preference I do not see why a change is needed. regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia On Apr 15, 2009, at 3:00 PM, ext Jonas Sicking wrote: On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 4:38 AM, Marcos Caceres wrote: Although I agree that it was probably a short-sightedne

Proposal for ISSUE-83

2009-04-21 Thread Frederick Hirsch
ments the OPTIONAL [Widgts-DigSig] specification, in which case the user agent MUST make signature documents available to the implementation of the [Widgets-DigSig] specification." This message should complete ACTION-329 which should be closed. regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia

Re: [widgets] New WD of Widgets 1.0: Digital Signatures spec published on March 31

2009-04-21 Thread Frederick Hirsch
Mark Please find responses inline. Thanks for the review. regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia On Apr 7, 2009, at 2:27 AM, ext Priestley, Mark, VF-Group wrote: Hi Art, All, Please find below my editorial comments and requests for clarifications based on the new WD [1]. While it

Re: [widget] [widget-digsig] Comment on WD of Widgets 1.0: Digital Signatures - use of Created property

2009-04-21 Thread Frederick Hirsch
if there is no need for the Created property in the Widgets Signature spec I suggest we remove it, though keep what we have in the Signature Properties specification. regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia On Apr 15, 2009, at 5:45 AM, ext Priestley, Mark, VF-Group wrote: Dear All

Re: [widgets] Agenda for 23 April 2009 Voice Conference

2009-04-22 Thread Frederick Hirsch
update of Signature Properties, thus remove section 9 from widget signature http://dev.w3.org/2006/waf/widgets-digsig/#sigproperties any other comments received that we might have missed? regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia On Apr 22, 2009, at 7:36 AM, Barstow Art (Nokia-CIC/Bos

Re: [widgets] Agenda for 23 April 2009 Voice Conference

2009-04-22 Thread Frederick Hirsch
I agree that the sentence should be dropped. I'll take an editorial pass today to remove that sentence, address the agreed changes on Mark's editorial comments and to remove the Created material. Thanks for noting this one. regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia On Apr 22

Re: [widgets] New WD of Widgets 1.0: Digital Signatures spec published on March 31

2009-04-22 Thread Frederick Hirsch
it will be correct to talk about "files". I don't think we can always expect creation of a physical file for processing. Suggest not making any change here. regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia On Apr 22, 2009, at 6:45 AM, ext Marcos Caceres wrote: On Tue, Apr 21, 20

[widget-digsig] updated Widget Signature editors draft

2009-04-22 Thread Frederick Hirsch
s into the requirements document, and thus possibly the requirements section in general. regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia

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