Re: [Hash] Charter discussion, round 1

Thomas:

This text is intended to man that the salt is transferred along with the 
algorithm identifier some how.

Using the 1988 ASN.1 syntax, an algorithm identifier is defined as:

    AlgorithmIdentifier  ::=  SEQUENCE  {
         algorithm               OBJECT IDENTIFIER,
         parameters              ANY DEFINED BY algorithm OPTIONAL  }

In this structure, a new value would be assigned to identify the "SHA-1 
with a salt" hash function, and the parameters field would carry the salt 
value.

Russ

At 04:11 AM 6/16/2005, Thomas Roessler wrote:
>Hello,
>
>a quick question for clarification...
>
>On 2005-06-09 13:02:47 -0700, Paul Hoffman wrote:
>
> >   2) Including a random value in the hash function computation. The
> >      random block used is transferred as a parameter in the algorithm
> >      identifier.  This approach is sometimes called a "salted" or
> >      "randomized" hash function.
>
>Is this meant to imply an approach where hash identifiers would look
>like, say, "shaN-0xdeadbeef", 0xdeadbeef being the salt?  Or is it
>merely meant to imply that the seed would be transferred along with
>the algorithm identifier, somehow?
>
>My concern with the first interpretation would be that it mixes
>badly with XML Signature, where algorithm identifiers are URIs
>(hence opaque), but where other mechanisms for passing parameters
>are readily available.
>
>Thanks,
>--
>Thomas Roessler, W3C   <tlr@w3.org>

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