Re: [W3C Web Crypto WG] Rechartering discussion

On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 1:57 PM, Richard Barnes <rlb@ipv.sx> wrote:
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> On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 4:46 PM, Israel Hilerio <israelh@microsoft.com>
> wrote:
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>> Virginie,
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>> Our apologies for being late to the party.  Microsoft’s opinion regarding
>> the re-charting of the WebCrypto WG is to focus on the following items:
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>> * New algorithms
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>> * Extending the APIs to support Streams when the Streams spec is updated
>> by the W3C
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> +1 from the Mozilla side.
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> To the extent that there is any more work to be done, it is in specifying
> any further algorithms that are necessary.  I would caveat, though, that we
> should not take on any deliverables on non-NIST elliptic curves before the
> CFRG process closes.  While they are quite a bit behind schedule, they
> appear to be closing in on a solution.
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> I'm don't have an urgent need for Streams support, but wouldn't object to
> adding the scope.
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> --Richard

While it should hopefully come as no surprise and not need saying,
this is exactly our position as well, so a +1 to that :)

Received on Friday, 20 February 2015 22:09:51 UTC