Re: Request for feedback on KCipher-2 Working Draft

On Oct 19, 2015 10:51 PM, "Anirban Basu" <xon-basu@kddi.com> wrote:
>
> KCipher-2 is a fast and lightweight stream cipher developed within the
> KDDI R&D Laboratories. It has been standardised by the ISO/IEC and
> recommended by the Japanese government (see links at
> http://anirbanbasu.github.io/w3c-web-crypto/). We wish to standardise
> KCipher-2 as a cipher available within the Web Crypto API.
>

Do you expect any user agent interest? That is more or less a prerequisite
for standardization.

>
> Please note that I am new to writing the algorithm specification in the
> W3C recommended structure, so it would be great if you could point out
> any oversights of non-conformance. I am also aware of the 78 warning
> messages that Respec raises on the Working Draft document. My
> understanding is that if/when accepted, the main content of this draft
> will be included within the Web Crypto API specification as a new
> algorithm. Thus, the missing references will be automatically fixed
> then. Please do correct me if I am wrong, and if this KCipher-2 draft is
> expected to be a standalone document on its own.

The KCipher-2 draft would be a document of its own.