RE: [W3C Web Crypto] Call for Consensus on removing algorithms from the web API specification -> 20th of October

Richard,
Sharing with us a timing where it will be landing in Release Firefox may help us to adapt the rec track timing.
Regards,
Virginie

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Barnes [mailto:rlb@ipv.sx]
Sent: mardi 6 octobre 2015 21:52
To: Harry Halpin
Cc: public-webcrypto@w3.org
Subject: Re: [W3C Web Crypto] Call for Consensus on removing algorithms from the web API specification -> 20th of October

On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 2:44 PM, Harry Halpin <hhalpin@w3.org> wrote:
>
>
> On 10/06/2015 02:10 PM, Richard Barnes wrote:
>> On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 1:41 PM, Ryan Sleevi <sleevi@google.com> wrote:
>>> Correct, and I believe Richard was looking at getting someone to
>>> implement it for Mozilla 'real soon'; there was just some additional
>>> NSS API work that had to happen before they could expose it to
>>> WebCrypto, and Firefox's underlying cryptographic library supports it with one or two tweaks.
>> Yes, we are working on this in Q4.  I would oppose removing RSA-PSS
>> from WebCrypto.
>>
>> Note also that RSA-PSS is a requirement for TLS 1.3.
>
> Richard,
>
> Do you think we should delay Rec to get this algorithm?
>
> If not, do you think its possible to get this out at latest by end of
> November?

Depends on what you mean by "out".  If you mean "landed in Nightly", maybe.  If you mean "in release Firefox", no.

--Richard


>
>   cheers,
>           harry
>
>>
>> --Richard
>>
>>
>>> On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 10:32 AM, Eric Roman <ericroman@google.com> wrote:
>>>> The meeting notes say that there are no implementations of RSA-PSS:
>>>>> No implementations: RSA-PSS, AES-CMAC, AES-CFB, CONCAT
>>>> Note that is not correct -- at least the Chrome browser implements
>>>> RSA-PSS
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 10:20 AM, GALINDO Virginie
>>>> <Virginie.Galindo@gemalto.com> wrote:
>>>>> Dear all,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Following our last meeting call, we decided to remove from the
>>>>> normative part of our specification the following algorithms for
>>>>> not being implemented in at least 2 of the platform tested :
>>>>> RSA-PSS, AES-CMAC, AES-CFB, CONCAT, DH. Detailed discussion can be
>>>>> found under http://www.w3.org/2015/09/28-crypto-minutes.html.

>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> This mail is a call for consensus to validate that decision.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyone objecting to that decision should make his motivated point
>>>>> before the 20th of October at 17:00 UTC.
>>>>>
>>>>> If this decision is endorsed, the algorithms descriptions will be
>>>>> gathered in a dedicated Note.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Virginie
>>>>>
>>>>> Chair of the web crypto WG
>>>>>
>>>>>
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