Re: [widgets] Jar signing vs. XML signatures

On 14 Apr 2009, at 16:19, Henri Sivonen wrote:

> Instead of canonicalizing the manifest XML and using XML signature,  
> you could treat the manifest XML as a binary file and sign it the  
> traditional way leaving a detached binary signature in the format  
> customary for the signing cipher in the zip file. This would address  
> issues #1 and #2.

The manifest isn't the issue, part of the signature itself is.  The  
widget signing proposal already makes minimal use of canonicalization.

Received on Tuesday, 14 April 2009 14:55:52 UTC