Re: [jose] Binary encoding for JSON

Phillip Hallam-Baker <hallam@gmail.com> Wed, 12 June 2013 19:52 UTC

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Subject: Re: [jose] Binary encoding for JSON
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On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 1:14 PM, Jim Schaad <ietf@augustcellars.com> wrote:

> <chair>
>
> At this point only the fact that binary encodings exist is in scope for the
> WG.
>
> Any concreteness would require a charter modification.
>

Any concrete would needs be added in apps area in any case.

The reason for raising it here was simply to make people aware that there
is a binary option and to encourage anyone who might be interested in
making sure that it is suitable for use with JOSE to take a look to check
if anything was left out.

I would like to be able to use JOSE as an alternative to CMS at some point.
But not with the Base64 penalty.

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