Re: Separate method for key agreement?

On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 12:05 PM, Wan-Teh Chang <wtc@google.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 8:27 AM, Richard Barnes <rbarnes@bbn.com> wrote:
> > In the current spec, key agreement is treated as a special case of key
> derivation.
> > Should we call it out as a separate function under SubtleCrypto?
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> Richard,
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> I think your proposal is a fine idea.
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> Treating key agreement as a special case of key derivation is an
> influence of PKCS #11, which uses the C_Derive function for
> Diffie-Hellman style key agreement methods.
>
> I think Diffie-Hellman style key agreement should get its own function
> in the Web Crypto API.
>

+1

I always found the overloading of "derive" for key agreement confusing.

...Mark


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