Re: Inclusion of rsaes-pkcs1

On Sep 5, 2012, at 5:07 PM, Wan-Teh Chang wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 12:07 PM, Arun Ranganathan <arun@mozilla.com> wrote:
>> rsleevi,
>> 
>> Given NSS support, I'm inclined to add "rsaes-pkcs1" to the list of recommended
>> algorithms.
> 
> Since RSASSA-PKCS1-v1_5 using SHA-256 (as opposed to RSA-PSS using
> SHA-256) is on the list of recommended algorithms, I think it is
> reasonable extrapolation to add RSAES-PKCS1-v1_5 to the list as a
> recommended key transport algorithm.
> 
> Note: in draft-ietf-jose-json-web-algorithms-05, RSAES-PKCS1-V1_5
> (called "RSA1_5") is REQUIRED whereas RSA-OAEP is OPTIONAL.

I would not consider this last point very salient, as the JOSE WG is still discussing whether to drop implementation requirements for algorithms.

--Richard

Received on Thursday, 6 September 2012 18:19:28 UTC