On Thu, 2011-08-04 at 09:02 -0700, Paul Hoffman wrote:

> On Aug 4, 2011, at 8:52 AM, Eric Rescorla wrote:
> 
> > IMO, symmetric integrity protection is a useful primitive, and it's
> > already part of the
> > JWT spec. I think all that's required here in the charter is to
> > wordsmith it to separate
> > out symmetric from asymmetric integrity algorithms,
> 
> Current:
> 1) A Standards Track document specifying how to apply a JSON-structured 
> digital signature to data, including (but not limited to) JSON data 
> structures. "Digital signature" is defined as a hash operation followed by a 
> signature operation using asymmetric keys.
> 
> It sounds like you would prefer something like:
> 1) A Standards Track document specifying how to apply integrity protection to 
> data, including (but not limited to) JSON data structures. This integrity 
> protection can be achieved with both symmetric and asymmetric algorithms.


+1, or even possibly:

1) A Standards Track document specifying how to ensure the integrity
and/or authenticity of data, including (but not limited to) JSON data
structures. This can be achieved with both symmetric and asymmetric
cryptographic algorithms.


> Is that right?
> 
> --Paul Hoffman
> 
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