On Thu, 9 Oct 2025 at 20:51, Matt Chanda <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I did a review of the latest draft and the integrated encryption examples
> and proposed format will work for my existing implementation with minor
> changes on my side.
>
> However there is still one major blocker for my use of it.  I still need
> an algorithm for "HPKE-P256-SHA256-A256GCM" that used today, otherwise I
> cant use the new standard when approved.  While I dont think the format
> should determine if the HPKE cipher suite is valid (HPKE should do that),
> or if the algorithm strength is sufficient for the intended use (this is
> sender/receiver policy), we are already past that.  If we add another
> "HPKE-X" algorithm or a way to handle adhoc combinations then it would work
> for me.
>

For the P-256, the equivalent symmetric security level is 128 bits, it
should be paired with the AES-128 algorithm for a matching security
strength.

Cheers,
-Tiru


>
> Regards,
> -matt
>
>
> > On Oct 2, 2025, at 12:05 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> >
> > Internet-Draft draft-ietf-jose-hpke-encrypt-12.txt is now available. It
> is a
> > work item of the Javascript Object Signing and Encryption (JOSE) WG of
> the
> > IETF.
> >
> >   Title:   Use of Hybrid Public Key Encryption (HPKE) with JSON Object
> Signing and Encryption (JOSE)
> >   Authors: Tirumaleswar Reddy
> >            Hannes Tschofenig
> >            Aritra Banerjee
> >            Orie Steele
> >            Michael B. Jones
> >   Name:    draft-ietf-jose-hpke-encrypt-12.txt
> >   Pages:   21
> >   Dates:   2025-10-02
> >
> > Abstract:
> >
> >   This specification defines Hybrid Public Key Encryption (HPKE) for
> >   use with JSON Object Signing and Encryption (JOSE).  HPKE offers a
> >   variant of public key encryption of arbitrary-sized plaintexts for a
> >   recipient public key.
> >
> >   HPKE is a general encryption framework utilizing an asymmetric key
> >   encapsulation mechanism (KEM), a key derivation function (KDF), and
> >   an Authenticated Encryption with Associated Data (AEAD) algorithm.
> >
> >   This document defines the use of HPKE with JOSE.  The specification
> >   chooses a specific subset of the HPKE features to use with JOSE.
> >
> > The IETF datatracker status page for this Internet-Draft is:
> > https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-jose-hpke-encrypt/
> >
> > There is also an HTML version available at:
> > https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-ietf-jose-hpke-encrypt-12.html
> >
> > A diff from the previous version is available at:
> >
> https://author-tools.ietf.org/iddiff?url2=draft-ietf-jose-hpke-encrypt-12
> >
> > Internet-Drafts are also available by rsync at:
> > rsync.ietf.org::internet-drafts
> >
> >
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