RE: The location of <xenc:KeyDerivationMethod>

It shall not be present. So, for clarity, maybe we should add (at the end of the first paragraph for the legacy DH):

"Note that no <xenc:KeyDerivationMethod> element shall be present when using this algorithm."

Thanks,
-- Magnus

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> On Behalf Of MURATA Makoto (FAMILY Given)
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> Subject: Re: The location of <xenc:KeyDerivationMethod>
> 
> > Makoto's question is valid, but I am not sure if we need to address it
> >at this point since I would expect that the definition of a any new key
> >agreement method (that requires specific params - note that neither
> >ECDH nor DH does this)  would specify how and where to place its params.
> 
> When Algorithm = "http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#dh" , does the
> KeyDerivationMethod element follow or precede the DigestMethod element?
> Or, is it disallowed?
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> Makoto
>

Received on Wednesday, 10 March 2010 03:56:03 UTC