[webkit-dev] DOMCrypt

[Michael Nordman]

Yes, hashing blobs. Here's the last line of the relevant meeting notes...

"In the end, we all agreed that the main thing with the highest utility
would be a native hashing implementation that could accept strings, bytes,
or BLOBs."

On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 12:32 PM, Adam Barth <abarth at webkit.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 12:09 PM, Michael Nordman <michaeln at google.com>
> wrote:
> >> For example, the CryptoHash
> >> interface can be implemented independently of the rest of the API and
> >> provides value by itself.
> >
> > Moving forward on that part first sounds reasonable. I've been asked
> about
> > that specifically by some app developers that really aren't interested in
> > the other parts of the larger proposal.
>
> Are they specifically interested in hashing blobs?  David and I have
> been discussing what sort of types these functions should handle.
>
> Adam
>
>
> > On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 10:06 AM, Sam Weinig <weinig at apple.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> I think we should let the spec mature a bit before diving in.
> >>
> >> -Sam
> >>
> >> On Jul 26, 2011, at 10:53 PM, Adam Barth wrote:
> >>
> >> > Hi webkit-dev,
> >> >
> >> > As some of you are probably aware, Mozilla is experimenting with
> >> > exposing some basic cryptographic primitives to web applications:
> >> >
> >> > https://wiki.mozilla.org/Privacy/Features/DOMCryptAPISpec/Latest
> >> >
> >> > I wanted to get a sense from the WebKit community about how interested
> >> > we are in implementing this feature.  My sense is that this API is
> >> > fairly early in it's lifecycle, so one perspective is that we should
> >> > wait for Mozilla to experiment for a bit longer and revisit this
> >> > question once the design is further along (e.g., submitted to the W3C
> >> > standards process).
> >> >
> >> > Another perspective is that there are some simple parts of the API
> >> > that we should implement now, and we can grow into the more involved
> >> > parts of the API as they mature.  For example, the CryptoHash
> >> > interface can be implemented independently of the rest of the API and
> >> > provides value by itself.
> >> >
> >> > Thoughts?
> >> >
> >> > Adam
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