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Re: [jose] RFC 8037 "alg" quirkiness

Anders Rundgren <anders.rundgren.net@gmail.com> Sun, 20 September 2020 08:51 UTC

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Subject: Re: [jose] RFC 8037 "alg" quirkiness
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On 2020-09-20 09:07, Jim Schaad wrote:
<snip>
> 
> FWIW, here is how the quirk manifests itself in my JOSE library:
> 
> 
>       JSONObjectWriter setSignatureAlgorithm(JSONObjectWriter joseObject,
>                                              SignatureAlgorithms signatureAlgorithm) {
>           return joseObject.setString("alg",
>                                       signatureAlgorithm.isOkp() ?
>                "EdDSA" : signatureAlgorithm.getAlgorithmId());
>       }
> 
> [JLS] This draft will soon render this code incorrect.  https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-lwig-curve-representations/

Sure, note though that the draft (in contrast to RFC 8037), defines key-specific "alg" parameters.

Anders

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