Subject: Re: [dispatch] [art] Plain text JSON digital signatures

From: Carsten Bormann <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2021 18:21:59 +0200

On 2021-04-27, at 17:47, Brian Rosen <[email-masked]> wrote:
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> There was a lot of opposition to the idea previously,

Yes.

But there is also some opposition to the weird way this is presented:

>> On Apr 27, 2021, at 11:27 AM, Bret Jordan <[email-masked]> wrote:
>> JWS/CT enables JSON objects to remain in the JSON format after being signed (aka "Clear Text" signing).  

We have a lot of ways that enable signed objects to remain in the format in which they were at signature time.

Maybe we can fix the presentation of the idea more towards “we really liked XMLDsig and want it back for JSON”, which is certainly a position one can take.

Grüße, Carsten