Re: [Iotops] [Anima] what to call different RFC8366 format artifacts

I like FOO-signed-BAR better because it reminds readers whose life does
not enter around FOO or BAR what this is about (signed object).

Maybe some time there are different options how FOO can sign BAR,
then we may need to add additional distinctions

On Tue, Nov 03, 2020 at 12:05:35PM -0500, Michael Richardson wrote:
> 
> Hi, RF8366 specifies a YANG module for a voucher, and the format as
> serialized to JSON, and signed by CMS.
> 
> In section 5.4, it is written:
> 
>  5.4.  CMS Format Voucher Artifact
>     The IETF evolution of PKCS#7 is CMS [RFC5652].  A **CMS-signed voucher**,
> 
> In section 8.3, it is written:
>    Encoding considerations:  *CMS-signed JSON* vouchers are ASN.1/DER
>       encoded.
> 
> So it became natural for me to write "CMS-signed-JSON".
> In development of RFC8366, we argued for using JOSE rather than CMS, but
> there were, at the time (2016) lack of familiarity with JOSE, and concerns
> about having FIPS-140 validation of that code.
> 
> In draft-ietf-anima-constrained-voucher, we introduce two new things:
>   1) signing with COSE
>   2) encoding with CBOR.
> 
> A number of people have written, rather than "CMS-signed-JSON", instead,
> "JSON in CMS".   I wondered at the BRSKI design team call last Thursday if
> perhaps that order of words translates better into Dutch or German, or ???
> 
> So to bikeshed the whole thing, please comment on preference in naming:
> 
> 1) RFC8366:    CMS-signed-JSON  vs JSON-in-CMS.
> 2) CV:         CMS-signed-CBOR  vs CBOR-in-CMS.
> 3) CV:         COSE-signed-CBOR vs CBOR-in-COSE.
> 4) future ID:  JWS-signed-JSON  vs JSON-in-JOSE.
> 
> I note that for some of these "signed" is redundant.
> We do not have COSE-signed-JSON, or JWS-signed-CBOR.
> 
> Which feels more natural to you?
> 
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> Michael Richardson <mcr+IETF@sandelman.ca>   . o O ( IPv6 IøT consulting )
>            Sandelman Software Works Inc, Ottawa and Worldwide
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