Should it also be available in Web Workers? On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 11:45 AM, Adam Barth <w...@adambarth.com> wrote:
> Why window.cipher and not just window.crypto? > > Adam > > > On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 8:04 AM, David Dahl <dd...@mozilla.com> wrote: > > Hello WHATWG members, > > > > With user control and privacy in mind, I have created a spec and an > implementation for an easy to use cryptography API called DOMCrypt. This API > will provide each web browser window with a 'cipher' property that > facilitates: > > > > * asymmetric encryption key pair generation > > * public key encryption > > * decryption > > * signature generation > > * signature verification > > * hashing > > * easy public key discovery via meta tags > > > > I have created a Firefox extension that implements all of the above, and > am working on an experimental patch that integrates this API into Firefox. > > > > The draft spec is here: > https://wiki.mozilla.org/Privacy/Features/DOMCryptAPISpec/Latest > > > > The project originated in an extension I wrote, the home page is here: > http://domcrypt.org > > > > The source code for the extension is here: > https://github.com/daviddahl/domcrypt > > > > The Mozilla bugs are here: > > https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=649154 > > https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=657432 > > > > You can test the API by installing the extension hosted at domcrypt.organd > addons.mozilla.org, and going to http://domcrypt.org > > > > Best Regards, > > > > David Dahl > > > > Firefox Engineer, Mozilla Corp. > > >