Re: crypto-ISSUE-48 (jimsch): Does verify fulfill or rejectwhen a MAC/Signature does not verify [Web Cryptography API] from Ryan Sleevi on 2013-07-08 (public-webcrypto@w3.org from July 2013)

From: Ryan Sleevi <sleevi@google.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 11:04:58 -0700
To: Web Cryptography Working Group <public-webcrypto@w3.org>
Message-ID: <CACvaWvZgYtUPO8SrkGJSi6MK7g=XjAHyHz-ff0uJSNspPE+RdQ@mail.gmail.com>

CLOSED and instead raised as a BUG as
https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=22596

On Sun, Jul 7, 2013 at 5:33 PM, Web Cryptography Working Group Issue
Tracker <sysbot+tracker@w3.org> wrote:
> crypto-ISSUE-48 (jimsch): Does verify fulfill or rejectwhen a MAC/Signature does not verify [Web Cryptography API]
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> http://www.w3.org/2012/webcrypto/track/issues/48
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> Raised by: Jim Schaad
> On product: Web Cryptography API
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> Raise issue to match mail list discussion so it gets documented.
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> It is not explicitly stated if verify returns true/false as the result or something else.
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> The correct answer for decrypt using AE algorithms would be a reject if the tags don't match as the result returned is an ArrayBuffer.
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> However verify is currently stated to return a boolean and thus false would seem to be an appropriate response.
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Received on Monday, 8 July 2013 18:05:25 UTC