WebID-TLS using X509 fingerprints

Hello.

First mail to this list. My name's Jacopo Scazzosi, nice to meet you all.

I've been recently researching the world of WebID-TLS. The current specs 
seem to dictate the use of RSA. As one of my requirements is the support 
of different types of keys, I've written a proof-of-concept 
authentication module for nodejs using X509 fingerprint comparison 
instead exponent+modulus comparison. I'm currently using SHA-256 
fingerprints but I plan on leaving the choice of the hash function up to 
our subjects. Module is here: https://github.com/jacoscaz/node-webidentity

Has support for non-RSA keys been already considered in the past?

Cheers.

Received on Thursday, 15 September 2016 09:40:20 UTC