[whatwg] window.cipher HTML crypto API draft spec

[Simon Heckmann]

Why does it only handle asymmetric encryption? Something to encrypt/decrypt data with e.g. AES would be nice as well!

Kind regards,
Simon Heckmann


Am 20.05.2011 um 20:45 schrieb Adam Barth <w3c at adambarth.com>:

> 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.org and addons.mozilla.org, and going to http://domcrypt.org
>> 
>> Best Regards,
>> 
>> David Dahl
>> 
>> Firefox Engineer, Mozilla Corp.
>>