Re: [Secdispatch] draft-madden-jose-ecdh-1pu

Michael Richardson <mcr+ietf@sandelman.ca> Mon, 17 May 2021 14:59 UTC

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Neil Madden <neil.madden@forgerock.com> wrote:
    >> Neil Madden <neil.madden@forgerock.com> wrote:

    >>> The draft was originally created to support work within the OAuth WG
    >>> around JWT-format access tokens. However, the WG declined to adopt
    >>> the draft, so it’s looking for a new home. I believe the draft is
    >>> ideally
    >>
    >> Did the WG give a reason?
    >>

    > The meeting was some time ago now, but as I remember it essentially
    > they felt that it was outside of their charter and area of
    > expertise. Although the OAuth WG have done work around JWTs
    > specifically in the past, they have not ever approved new cryptographic
    > algorithms.

So, "good idea", sounds like OAUTH would use it, but they feel it is the
wrong place.

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