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Subject: Re: [office] Re: encryption
Bob, Rob, On 09/01/09 19:02, Robert Weir/Cambridge/IBM wrote: > The reason to allow more than one algorithm, aside from preferences > (individual, corporate, national requirements etc.) is that an attack > could be found against any one of these algorithms and you don't want to > be in a situation where the only algorithms specified are weak or broken. Yes, this is a valid point. In addition, there may be situations where any of the algorithms defined by the W3C or any set of algorithms we may define ourselves does not include an algorithm that is mandated by a particular organization or government that wishes to use ODF. So, also from that perspective, it seems to be reasonable to me that, if we allow additional algorithms, that we are not again restricting them to a particular set. But of cause, the proposal should clearer state that for the algorithms defines the the W3C specifications, the IRIs defined be the W3C specification shall be used. Regarding implementation defined IRIs, we have already a requirement that conforming implementations have to document the implementation defined values they are using. This includes the IRIs that denote algorithms. > The use of SHA1, in particular, does not seem to be a good algorithm > today. > > Of course, this doesn't mean you need to leave it open ended. > > It really boils down to three questions: > > 1) For each algorithm type (hash, encryption, etc.), what unique > identifier to we associate with each algorithm? This actually needs to be clarified in my proposal. > > 2) For the sake of encouraging interoperability do we recommend or mandate > that a subset of these algorithms be supported? The idea behind the proposal was to open encryption for additional algorithms as a first step In ODF 1.2. The algorithms that we had already in ODF 1.1 remain mandatory for implementations that support encryption. This set may be extended in later versions. > > 3) Do we allow implementation-defined algorithms beyond those which we > have assigned identifiers to? I would recommend that for the reasons mentioned above. > > But remember, there is nothing in the standard that mandates the support > of the document encryption feature at all, so #2 doesn't really help us > much here, does it? Thank you for our feedback Michael > > -Rob > > > > > From: > Bob Jolliffe <bobjolliffe@gmail.com> > To: > Ming Fei Jia <jiamingf@cn.ibm.com> > Cc: > office@lists.oasis-open.org > Date: > 09/01/2009 12:39 PM > Subject: > Re: [office] Re: encryption > > > > Thanks Ming Fei. You summarized my concerns much better than I .. > > What was the original intent in specifying SHA1 and Blowfish? It seems to > me, though I wasn't around at the time, that the idea was primarily to > ensure interoperability, perhaps above other plausible goals. The > selection of a widely available public domain cipher seems to reinforce > that interpretation. > > The casualty of interoperability here was choice. There was no choice. > By allowing documented algorithms (as per xmlenc-core) we open the window > of choice slightly whilst maintaining some hope of interoperability. This > seems like it might be a good thing. > > By opening up the third option (implementation defined algorithms) we > maximize the choice but, as Ming Fei says, we risk the standard having no > meaning or relevance regarding encryption. This might be reasonable > tradeoff under some conditions. In the case of hashed passwords there is > use case of conversion of legacy documents (which I'm still not that > comfiortable with). In the case of encrypted XML streams I don't think > the same argument applies. > > Is this perhaps yet another case for discrimination on the grounds of > conformance class, where the use of an implementation defined algorithm is > not disbarred, but it is treated essentially as an extension conforming to > a different, less strict, class of document? > > Regards > Bob > > 2009/9/1 Ming Fei Jia <jiamingf@cn.ibm.com> > In the proposal: > The defined value for the "algorithm" attribute is 3 options: > ? The Blowfish algorithm in CFB mode. > ? An IRI defined in §5.2 or §5.3 of [xmlenc-core]: The algorithm specified > in §5.2 or §5.3 of [xmlenc-core] for this IRI. > ? An IRI specifying an implementation defined algorithm. > ---------------- > Actually I think the proposal means ODF has no restriction for encryption > algorithm and ODF encryption algorithm could be anything. Then, does the > standard have meaning here? Of course, that is OK if there is some > exception that everyone believes: > (1)Encryption algorithm does not have any interoperability issue in > reality; > (2)Encryption algorithm will have no interoperability issue in the future > (3)Implementation defined algorithm is not conforming to ODF > (4)Standard here can not solve problems at all even the issues are there. > or anything else? > > We could have some trade-off for the real complexity, but I suggest to be > careful to evaluate this extending. thanks a lot. > Best Regards, > > Mingfei Jia(???) > IBM Lotus Symphony Development > IBM China Software Development LAB, Beijing > Tel: 86-10-82452493 Fax: 86-10-82452887 > NOTES:Ming Fei Jia/China/IBM E-mail: jiamingf@cn.ibm.com > Address: No.28 Building, Zhong Guan Cun Software Park, No.8 Dong Bei Wang > West Road, ShangDi, Haidian District, Beijing 100193, P.R.China > > Bob Jolliffe ---2009-08-31 22:46:31---In addition - I don't know the > answer to this, but in the interest of uniformity, is there also an IRI > which can used to indica > > > From: > > > Bob Jolliffe <bobjolliffe@gmail.com> > > To: > > office@lists.oasis-open.org > > > Date: > > 2009-08-31 22:46 > > > Subject: > > [office] Re: encryption > > > > > > In addition - I don't know the answer to this, but in the interest of > uniformity, is there also an IRI which can used to indicate blowfish? > Then we are clear the value of the attribute is an IRI. > > 2009/8/31 Bob Jolliffe <bobjolliffe@gmail.com> > what I was trying to say on the call is that we now have 3 options for > each algorithm, including a catchall "implementation defined" IRI. I > would prefer to see this last option allowed but not recommended. > > Regards > Bob > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this mail list, you must leave the OASIS TC that > generates this mail. Follow this link to all your TCs in OASIS at: > https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/portal/my_workgroups.php > -- Michael Brauer, Technical Architect Software Engineering StarOffice/OpenOffice.org Sun Microsystems GmbH Nagelsweg 55 D-20097 Hamburg, Germany michael.brauer@sun.com http://sun.com/staroffice +49 40 23646 500 http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS Sitz der Gesellschaft: Sun Microsystems GmbH, Sonnenallee 1, D-85551 Kirchheim-Heimstetten Amtsgericht Muenchen: HRB 161028 Geschaeftsfuehrer: Thomas Schroeder, Wolfgang Engels, Wolf Frenkel Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrates: Martin Haering
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