- From: Eric Rescorla <ekr@rtfm.com>
- Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2012 21:15:28 -0700
- To: Wan-Teh Chang <wtc@google.com>
- Cc: David Dahl <ddahl@mozilla.com>, Mitch Zollinger <mzollinger@netflix.com>, public-webcrypto@w3.org
On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 5:48 PM, Wan-Teh Chang <wtc@google.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 8:26 PM, David Dahl <ddahl@mozilla.com> wrote: >> >> I think so. We do need to figure out just how flexible this mechanism should be. Perhaps the key handle object you get back has properties like: >> >> kh.mode >> kh.padding >> kh.algorithm > > An AES key can be used in different modes of operation and with > different padding schemes, so 'mode' and 'padding' aren't properties > of a key unless we artificially constrain the key. It seems like they might be if the key was embedded in a piece of hardware which had a limited mode set, e.g, one which supported only CBC and not GCM. -Ekr
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