Re: [jose] Should we keep or remove the JOSE JWS and JWE MIME types?

Also: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6839

On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 2:56 PM, Mike Jones <Michael.Jones@microsoft.com>wrote:

>  Because the syntax is completely different.  One is period-separated
> base64url encoded fields.  The other is JSON.****
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> *From:* Jim Schaad [mailto:ietf@augustcellars.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 20, 2013 11:49 AM
> *To:* Mike Jones; 'Matt Miller (mamille2)'; 'Richard Barnes'
> *Cc:* jose@ietf.org
> *Subject:* RE: [jose] Should we keep or remove the JOSE JWS and JWE MIME
> types?****
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> I have a question, why is there both an application/jose and and
> application/jose+json.  Why not have just one of them?****
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> Jim****
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> *From:* jose-bounces@ietf.org [mailto:jose-bounces@ietf.org] *On Behalf
> Of *Mike Jones
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 20, 2013 10:47 AM
> *To:* Matt Miller (mamille2); Richard Barnes
> *Cc:* jose@ietf.org
> *Subject:* Re: [jose] Should we keep or remove the JOSE JWS and JWE MIME
> types?****
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> Editorially, if we do decide to add application/jose and
> application/jose+json MIME types, I would register them in
> draft-ietf-jose-json-web-signature, just like other registry content shared
> between JWS and JWE, such as the JSON Web Signature and Encryption Header
> Parameters Registry<http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-jose-json-web-signature-11#page-18>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matt Miller (mamille2) [mailto:mamille2@cisco.com<mamille2@cisco.com>]
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> Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2013 10:33 AM
> To: Richard Barnes
> Cc: Mike Jones; jose@ietf.org
> Subject: Re: [jose] Should we keep or remove the JOSE JWS and JWE MIME
> types?****
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> I just want to say that I think having a media type is important and
> useful.  It might not be important and useful for JWT or OAuth or
> OpenID-Connect, but I can think of many applications that would make use of
> them if at all possible.****
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> I personally don't care if it's a generic media type or individual
> application/jwe and application/jws.  However, I think a generic media type
> would require a separate document; trying to fit this into the one shared
> document (JWA) seems wrong.****
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> - m&m****
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> Matt Miller < mamille2@cisco.com >****
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> PS: I've found +json useful for other things, because I do have
> applications that present in different formats (right now that's usually
> +xml).  While there's not a simple corollary with XML-based concepts, I
> think there will be corollaries in the future (e.g., CBOR).  Having them
> now means we're not painted into a corner if (when) we look at JOSE2 and
> support for binary representations.****
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> On Jun 20, 2013, at 10:49 AM, Richard Barnes <rlb@ipv.sx>****
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> > That algorithm is part of the story, but it's incomplete.  What we need
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> > an algorithm that starts with an arbitrary octet string and sorts by****
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> > JWS/JWE and serialization.  An outline of the flow chart:****
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> > 1. If content parses as valid JSON****
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> > 1.*. Parse JSON****
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> > 1.1. Iontains a "ciphertext" field -> JWE + JSON****
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> > 1.2. Contains a "payload" field -> JWS + JSON****
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> > 1.3. Else fail****
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> > 2. Else if content matches the regex "^[a-zA-Z0-9_.-]*$"****
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> > 2.*. Split on "."****
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> > 2.1. If 5 components -> JWE + compact****
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> > 2.2. If 3 components -> JWS + compact****
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> > 2.3. Else fail****
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> > 3. Else fail****
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> > There's also the question of which document this goes in.  It would be a
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> > natural thing for a combined JWS+JWE document, but we don't have one of*
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> > On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 11:19 AM, Mike Jones <
> Michael.Jones@microsoft.com>wrote:****
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> >> There is a defined algorithm to distinguish between the JWS and JWE****
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> >> objects in the third paragraph of****
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> http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-jose-json-web-encryption-11#section-4
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> >> *From:* Richard Barnes [mailto:rlb@ipv.sx <rlb@ipv.sx>]****
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> >> *Sent:* Thursday, June 20, 2013 8:15 AM****
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> >> *To:* Mike Jones****
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> >> *Subject:* Re: [jose] Should we keep or remove the JOSE JWS and JWE MIME
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> >> Multiplexing JWE and JWS under a single JOSE media type only makes sense
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> >> if there's a defined algorithm to demux them.  So if you want to do
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> >> you would need to write down the algorithm.********
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> >> Personally, it seems simpler and clearer to me to just have the four***
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> >> current types, so that you know which type of object you're dealing
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> >> and in what serialization, without having to do content sniffing.******
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> >> On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 9:26 PM, Mike Jones <
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> >> The JWS and JWE documents currently define these MIME types for the****
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> >> convenience of applications that may want to use them:********
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> >>                application/jws********
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> >>                application/jws+json********
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> >>                application/jwe********
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> >> That being said, I’m not aware of any uses of these by applications at*
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> >> present.  Thus, I think that makes it fair game to ask whether we want
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> >> keep them or remove them – in which case, if applications ever needed
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> >> they could define them later.********
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> >> Another dimension of this question for JWS and JWE is that it’s not
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> >> that the four types application/jws, application/jws+json,
> application/jwe,****
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> >> and application/jwe+json are even the right ones.  It might be more
> useful****
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> >> to have generic application/jose and application/jose+json types, which
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> >> could hold either JWS or JWE objects respectively using the compact or
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> >> serializations (although I’m not advocating adding them at this
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> >> Having different JWS versus JWE MIME types apparently did contribute to
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> >> least Dick’s confusion about the purpose of the “typ” field, so deleting
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> >> them could help eliminate this possibility of confusion in the future.*
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> >> Thus, I’m increasingly convinced we should get rid of the JWS and JWE
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> >> and leave it up to applications to define the types they need, when they
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> >> Do people have use cases for these four MIME types now or should we
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> >> them to future specs to define, if needed?********
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> >> P.S.  For completeness, I’ll add that the JWK document also defines
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> >>                application/jwk-set+json********
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> >> There are already clear use cases for these types, so I’m not advocating
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> >> deleting them, but wanted to call that out explicitly.  For instance,
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> >> retrieving a JWK Set document referenced by a “jku” header parameter, I
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> >> believe that the result should use the application/jwk-set+json type.
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> >> fact, I’ll add this to the specs, unless there are any objections.)****
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> >> Likewise, draft-miller-jose-jwe-protected-jwk-02 already uses****
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> >> application/jwk+json.  Both could also be as “cty” values when
> encrypting****
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> >> JWKs and JWK Sets, in contexts where that that would be useful.********
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