- From: Harry Halpin <hhalpin@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 20:27:24 +0200
- To: Wan-Teh Chang <wtc@google.com>
- CC: GALINDO Virginie <Virginie.GALINDO@gemalto.com>, "public-webcrypto@w3.org" <public-webcrypto@w3.org>
On 09/10/2012 08:17 PM, Wan-Teh Chang wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 3:18 AM, GALINDO Virginie
> <Virginie.GALINDO@gemalto.com> wrote:
>> Dear all,
>>
>> From Ryan feedbacks [1] I understand that the try & fail option to discover
>> support of specific algorithms is available, but may be costly.
>>
>> Any strong opinion to support an actual dedicated algo discovery mechanism ?
> Creating a CryptoOperation object (which usually requires a Key
> object) and calling the init() method is not ideal. We should support
> a better algorithm discovery mechanism.
I would keep this ISSUE open until we get more external review as well,
as it may be useful, especially if we decide to pursue an "higher-level"
API. We'll see how our time looks once the comments come in on the FPWD.
cheers,
harry
>
> Wan-Teh
>
Received on Monday, 10 September 2012 18:27:35 UTC