[whatwg] window.cipher HTML crypto API draft spec

[David Levin]

Should it also be available in Web Workers?

On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 11:45 AM, Adam Barth <w3c at adambarth.com> wrote:

> Why window.cipher and not just window.crypto?
>
> Adam
>
>
> On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 8:04 AM, David Dahl <ddahl at mozilla.com> wrote:
> > Hello WHATWG members,
> >
> > With user control and privacy in mind, I have created a spec and an
> implementation for an easy to use cryptography API called DOMCrypt. This API
> will provide each web browser window with a 'cipher' property that
> facilitates:
> >
> > * asymmetric encryption key pair generation
> > * public key encryption
> > * decryption
> > * signature generation
> > * signature verification
> > * hashing
> > * easy public key discovery via meta tags
> >
> > I have created a Firefox extension that implements all of the above, and
> am working on an experimental patch that integrates this API into Firefox.
> >
> > The draft spec is here:
> https://wiki.mozilla.org/Privacy/Features/DOMCryptAPISpec/Latest
> >
> > The project originated in an extension I wrote, the home page is here:
> http://domcrypt.org
> >
> > The source code for the extension is here:
> https://github.com/daviddahl/domcrypt
> >
> > The Mozilla bugs are here:
> > https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=649154
> > https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=657432
> >
> > You can test the API by installing the extension hosted at domcrypt.organd
> addons.mozilla.org, and going to http://domcrypt.org
> >
> > Best Regards,
> >
> > David Dahl
> >
> > Firefox Engineer, Mozilla Corp.
> >
>