Re: [Gen-art] GEN-Art LC review of draft-ietf-jose-cfrg-curves-05

[Kathleen Moriarty <[e-mail]>]

Thank you, Ilari!

The changes look good and thanks for getting them posted.

Kathleen

On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 9:43 AM, Ilari Liusvaara
<[e-mail]> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 09:23:01AM -0400, Kathleen Moriarty wrote:
>> Ilari,
>>
>> Thanks for your response.  Could you propose text to address the last question?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Kathleen
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 9:20 AM, Ilari Liusvaara
>> <[e-mail]> wrote:
>> > On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 02:21:27PM +0200, Jari Arkko wrote:
>> >> Thanks for your review, Roni!
>> >>
>> >> Authors, did you observe the editorial suggestions?
>> >
>> > Did the changes to Editor's Copy.
>> >
>> > The comment about corner-cases I just deleted[1].
>> >
>
> I'm not quite sure what question you mean. The changes due to editorial
> suggestions?
>
>
> Anyway, I grabbed the diff of the changes since -05:
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> diff --git a/draft-liusvaara-jose-cfrg-curves.xml b/draft-liusvaara-jose-cfrg-curves.xml
> index a0dcf22..c737ac0 100644
> --- a/draft-liusvaara-jose-cfrg-curves.xml
> +++ b/draft-liusvaara-jose-cfrg-curves.xml
> @@ -49,17 +49,16 @@
>         Diffie-Hellman algorithms ("X25519" and "X448"; <xref target="RFC7748"/>) and
>         signature algorithms ("Ed25519" and "Ed448";
>         <xref target="I-D.irtf-cfrg-eddsa"/>) for asymmetric key cryptography. This document
> -       defines how those algorithms are to be used in JOSE in interoperable manner.</t>
> +       defines how to use those algorithms in JOSE in interoperable manner.</t>
>
> -       <t>This document defines the conventions to be used in the context of
> +       <t>This document defines the conventions to use in the context of
>         <xref target="RFC7515" />, <xref target="RFC7516" />, and <xref target="RFC7517" />.</t>
>
>         <t>While the CFRG also defined two pairs of isogenous elliptic curves that underlie these
>         algorithms, these curves are not directly exposed, as the algorithms laid on top are
> -       sufficient for the purposes of JOSE and are much easier to use. (Trying to apply ECDSA
> -       to those curves leads to nasty corner-cases and produces odd results.)</t>
> +       sufficient for the purposes of JOSE and are much easier to use.</t>
>
> -       <t>All inputs to and outputs from the the ECDH and signature functions are defined to
> +       <t>All inputs to and outputs from the ECDH and signature functions are defined to
>         be octet strings, with the exception of outputs of verification functions, which are
>         booleans.</t>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> -Ilari



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Best regards,
Kathleen