crypto-ISSUE-36 (derivation): Semantics for key generation versus key derivation [Web Cryptography API] from Web Cryptography Working Group Issue Tracker on 2012-08-28 (public-webcrypto@w3.org from August 2012)

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crypto-ISSUE-36 (derivation): Semantics for key generation versus key derivation [Web Cryptography API]

http://www.w3.org/2012/webcrypto/track/issues/36

Raised by: Ryan Sleevi
On product: Web Cryptography API

The distinction between deriveKey and generateKey is not currently well-defined. For purposes of understanding where future algorithm definitions should go, it would be helpful to know what the expected (generic) inputs and outputs are for both methods.

Does deriveKey only yield symmetric keys? Are the keys of a particular type (eg: a Key object with an associated algorithm), or are they simply a series of bytes (eg: an ArrayBuffer)?

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