openid / openid/OpenID4VC-HAIP
Change mandating ECDH-ES to mandating some version of HPKE
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Description
This is opening the discussion as to replace the JWE alg from ECDH-ES to one of the HPKE algs specified in https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-jose-hpke-encrypt-08 before 1.0 final.
This is opened based on three things:
- HPKE is generally considered to be preferable to ECDH-ES
- The burden of shifting an ecosystem from one cryptography alg to another is very high
- The jose hpke draft is now in WGLC so further along standardisation than HAIP, and so is able to be referenced
These things are true from my estimation, and justifies making the change, but we obviously need to discuss this as a working group.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reading the issue discussion and the referenced JOSE HPKE draft, then compare its candidate algorithms with the current ECDH-ES mandate. Done means the working group has agreed on whether and which HPKE algorithm to mandate before 1.0.
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Assessment
- Domain
- cryptography, security
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100