Re: Please review: proposed FIPS reference changes for XML Signature, Second Edition

These changes are also acceptable for IAIK's implementation.

Regards
Konrad Lanz

Juan Carlos Cruellas wrote:
> These changes are also acceptable for UPC's implementation
>
> Regards
>
> Juan Carlos.
> Sean Mullan escribió:
>   
>> These changes are acceptable for Sun's implementation.
>>
>> --Sean
>>
>> Frederick Hirsch wrote:
>>     
>>> We have two issues related to the FIPS references in the XML Signature 
>>> draft
>>>
>>> 1. We reference FIPS 186-2 for DSS, with a URI that doesn't exist any 
>>> more:
>>>
>>>   http://www.w3.org/2007/xmlsec/Drafts/xmldsig-core/#ref-DSS
>>>
>>> Proposal is to update that link from:
>>>
>>>   http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/fips/fips186-2/fips186-2.pdf
>>>
>>> to:
>>>
>>>   http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/fips/fips186-2/fips186-2-change1.pdf
>>>
>>> The change notice section notes a restriction related to  the DSA 
>>> modulus, and also changes related to random number generation.
>>>
>>> It is important that participants in the XML Signature, Second Edition 
>>> WG indicate whether changing this reference is an issue (or not) for 
>>> their implementations. Please send a message to the members list 
>>> noting whether the reference change is acceptable or not.
>>>
>>> 2. We reference FIPS 180-1 for SHA-1:
>>>
>>>   http://www.w3.org/2007/xmlsec/Drafts/xmldsig-core/#ref-SHA-1
>>>
>>> (FIPS 180-1 is also linked from section 6.2.1.)
>>>
>>> The links we are using for 180-1 are no longer working, and FIPS 180-1 
>>> has been superseded by FIPS 180-2 (with a change notice).
>>>
>>> The proposal is to change the normative reference for SHA-1 to FIPS 
>>> 180-2.
>>>
>>>   
>>> http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/fips/fips180-2/fips180-2withchangenotice.pdf 
>>>
>>>
>>> The change here seems to be to add additional hash algorithms which 
>>> would not impact XML Signature, Second Edition.
>>>
>>> (It appears as though a FIPS 180-3 is scheduled for publication some 
>>> time soon, which would in turn supersede 180-2.
>>> http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/drafts/fips_180-3/draft_fips-180-3_June-08-2007.pdf 
>>> )
>>>
>>> Please review these proposed changes  and post any suggestion or 
>>> concern  on the public list (or for product/implementation 
>>> acceptability or issues  on the members list). We would like to 
>>> resolve this issue on the mailing lists this week if possible.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> regards, Frederick
>>>
>>> Frederick Hirsch, Nokia
>>> Chair XML Security Specifications Maintenance WG
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>       
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>
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