Re: WebID-TLS using X509 fingerprints

On 9/13/16 7:58 AM, Jacopo Scazzosi wrote:
> 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.

Hi Jacopo,

We have included fingerprint lookup in our authentication module which
supports WebID+TLS.

The only issue here is that we are now talking about different protocol
i.e., not part of the WebID+TLS spec, as it currently stands. Thus, we
currently use the moniker NetID for this particular option.

Fingerprints are much easier with regards to manual setup of
WebID-Profile documents associated with WebIDs en route to PKI
exploitation in any authentication protocol.

Anyway, we take the same position as you i.e., its there as an option :)


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