RE: JOSE WG request

I intend to discuss this with the JOSE WG once I'm back from vacation tomorrow.

Best wishes,
-- Mike

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From: Harry Halpin
Sent: 8/6/2012 3:56 PM
To: Mike Jones
Cc: public-webcrypto@w3.org
Subject: JOSE WG request

Mike,

The Web Cryptography Working group has noted that the API requires some
access to raw key material, and the issue of whether or not to use JWK
or ASN.1 as the default format came up. Two issues have come out that
we'd like to know the answer to:

1) JWK does not define a private key format. Does the JOSE WG plan to
support a JOSE-format for private keys? If so, when?

2)  While we'd like encourage the use of JOSE over ASN.1, it seems like
for backwards compatibility having some level of ASN.1 support would be
useful and we *need* a format that allows key material (both private and
public) to be exported. Folks seem to leaning towards ASN.1 as a default
format in the low-level API, and having JWK as a format that can be
built on top of that in a possible high-level API.  Would that be OK?

3) How stable do you believe the JOSE formats are right now? Do you
think they are stable enough now we can reference them in our API draft?
If not, when?

Feel free to forward this by JOSE WG, or just answer from your personal
knowledge.

    cheers,
       harry