Re: Spec for RSA-OAEP doesn't say what to do for null or missing or array buffer view labels

I don't see how that answers the question.  It seems like the right outcome
for things of this character is to assign a zero-length array.  How does
that happen in the process you're linking to?


On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 3:17 PM, Ryan Sleevi <sleevi@google.com> wrote:

> Oh, and the "contents of" CryptoOperationData is handled by
> https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/webcrypto-api/raw-file/tip/spec/Overview.html#concept-clone-CryptoOperationData
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 12:16 PM, Ryan Sleevi <sleevi@google.com> wrote:
>
>> This is covered in
>> https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/webcrypto-api/raw-file/tip/spec/Overview.html#algorithm-normalizing
>> ("if alg is an IDL object -> if member is nullable")
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 12:05 PM, Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@mit.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> The spec IDL says:
>>>
>>> dictionary RsaOaepParams : Algorithm {
>>>   // The optional label/application data to associate with the message
>>>   CryptoOperationData? label;
>>> };
>>>
>>> but the prose assumes that "label" is an ArrayBuffer.  Specifically, the
>>> prose says:
>>>
>>>   the contents of label member of normalizedAlgorithm as the label, L,
>>>
>>> where "content of" links to https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/
>>> webcrypto-api/raw-file/tip/spec/Overview.html#concept-
>>> contents-of-arraybuffer which is only defined for ArrayBuffer
>>> instances.  But CryptoOperationData can be an array buffer view, and
>>> "label" might be null or missing given the above IDL.
>>>
>>> I expect we actually want to remove the '?' from the IDL there, say what
>>> L should be if "label" is missing, and define "content of" to work on all
>>> CryptoOperationData, not just ArrayBuffers.
>>>
>>> -Boris
>>>
>>>
>>
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