On 1 November 2014 13:31, Anders Rundgren <anders.rundgren.net@gmail.com> wrote: > On 2014-11-01 12:42, Melvin Carvalho wrote: > >> >> >> On 1 November 2014 11:40, Anders Rundgren <anders.rundgren.net@gmail.com >> <mailto:anders.rundgren.net@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> On 2014-11-01 11:33, Melvin Carvalho wrote: >> >> I was wondering if anyone could point me to how close we are to >> getting browsers to implement web crypto in the browser. >> >> >> The shipping version of Chrome supports the current spec for RSA. >> Unfortunately the WebCrypto WG has decided that there should not be >> any mandatory algorithms. >> >> Firefox "Nightly" supports RSA and ECDH. >> >> IE 11 supports an earlier iteration of the spec. >> >> >> Thank you, very helpful! >> >> From the sounds of it, it makes most sense to base current development >> using this spec on chromium, with some minor fixes as required. >> > > Watch out for the HTTPS requirement. It took me a while realizing that > Google considers HTTPS mandatory these days... > > >> I share our surprise that there are no mandatory algorithms in this spec. >> > > Yet another Google-originated requirement. I guess the have their reasons. Is there any interest in making an extension / addon / plugin that supports the whole spec? > > > >> >> Anders >> >> >> >> I was looking at using http://polycrypt.net/ in the meantime but >> is that still maintained, it points to a 2012 version of the spec. >> >> >> >> >
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