mozilla-services / mozilla-services/autograph

server and client support alternate encodings

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enhancement
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Go
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Description

i.e. avoid the base64 encode and decode for signing large files and possible the JSON part too.

This should be configurable per signer.

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Research direction

Start by tracing the server and client signing paths to identify where base64 and JSON encoding are applied. Determine the supported alternate encodings and how per-signer configuration should represent them; done means large-file signing avoids the selected encodings while server and client remain compatible.

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Assessment

Tech stack
go
Domain
cryptography, security
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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