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Bug 27465 - Update references from X9.63 to SECG
Summary: Update references from X9.63 to SECG
Status: RESOLVED MOVED
Alias: None
Product: Web Cryptography
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Web Cryptography API Document (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: PC All
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Ryan Sleevi
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Reported: 2014-11-28 13:55 UTC by Ryan Sleevi
Modified: 2016-05-23 23:42 UTC (History)
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Description Ryan Sleevi 2014-11-28 13:55:32 UTC
The X9.63 specifications require purchasing, which may make it difficult for implementors looking to implement ECDSA and ECDH.

To make the WebCrypto spec freely accessible and implementable, and potentially meet W3C requirements on normative references, the references should be updated to refer to the SECG specifications. In particular, SEC 1 ( http://www.secg.org/sec1-v2.pdf ) provides normative definitions for ECDSA and ECDH that can be freely implemented.

SEC 2 provides explicit definitions for the secp256r1, secp384r1, and secp521r1 curves referenced in the document, but which lack a normative reference for implementors as to what these mean.
Comment 1 Rajesh Jayaraman 2015-07-29 19:38:10 UTC
This document must be read with the recommended parameters published at http://www.secg.org/sec2-v2.pdf
Comment 2 Mark Watson 2016-05-23 23:42:23 UTC
Moved to https://github.com/w3c/webcrypto/issues/39