Rename to DSSE, update PAE, mark as v1

README.md

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# signing-spec
+# DSSE: Dead Simple Signing Envelope
 
 Simple, foolproof standard for signing arbitrary data.
 

envelope.md

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-# signing-spec Envelope
+# DSSE Envelope
 
 March 03, 2021
 
-Version 0.1.0
+Version 1.0.0
 
-This document describes the recommended data structure for storing signing-spec
+This document describes the recommended data structure for storing DSSE
 signatures, which we call the "JSON Envelope". For the protocol/algorithm, see
 [Protocol](protocol.md).
 

implementation/signing_spec.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 The following example requires `pip3 install pycryptodome` and uses ecdsa.py in
 the same directory as this file.
 
->>> import binascii, os, sys, textwrap
+>>> import os, sys
 >>> from pprint import pprint
 >>> sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(__file__))
 >>> import ecdsa
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 >>> pprint(json.loads(signature_json))
 {'payload': 'aGVsbG8gd29ybGQ=',
  'payloadType': 'http://example.com/HelloWorld',
- 'signatures': [{'sig': 'Cc3RkvYsLhlaFVd+d6FPx4ZClhqW4ZT0rnCYAfv6/ckoGdwT7g/blWNpOBuL/tZhRiVFaglOGTU8GEjm4aEaNA=='}]}
+ 'signatures': [{'sig': 'A3JqsQGtVsJ2O2xqrI5IcnXip5GToJ3F+FnZ+O88SjtR6rDAajabZKciJTfUiHqJPcIAriEGAHTVeCUjW2JIZA=='}]}
 
 Verification example:
 
@@ -36,14 +36,8 @@
 
 PAE:
 
->>> def print_hex(b: bytes):
-...   octets = ' '.join(textwrap.wrap(binascii.hexlify(b).decode('utf-8'), 2))
-...   print(*textwrap.wrap(octets, 48), sep='\n')
->>> print_hex(PAE(payloadType, payload))
-02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
-68 74 74 70 3a 2f 2f 65 78 61 6d 70 6c 65 2e 63
-6f 6d 2f 48 65 6c 6c 6f 57 6f 72 6c 64 0b 00 00
-00 00 00 00 00 68 65 6c 6c 6f 20 77 6f 72 6c 64
+>>> PAE(payloadType, payload)
+b'DSSEv1 29 http://example.com/HelloWorld 11 hello world'
 """
 
 import base64, binascii, dataclasses, json, struct
@@ -88,12 +82,9 @@ def b64dec(m: str) -> bytes:
 
 
 def PAE(payloadType: str, payload: bytes) -> bytes:
-    return b''.join([
-        struct.pack('<Q', 2),
-        struct.pack('<Q', len(payloadType)),
-        payloadType.encode('utf-8'),
-        struct.pack('<Q', len(payload)), payload
-    ])
+    return b'DSSEv1 %d %b %d %b' % (
+            len(payloadType), payloadType.encode('utf-8'),
+            len(payload), payload)
 
 
 def Sign(payloadType: str, payload: bytes, signer: Signer) -> str:

protocol.md

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-# signing-spec Protocol
+# DSSE Protocol
 
 March 03, 2021
 
-Version 0.1.0
+Version 1.0.0
 
-This document describes the protocol/algorithm for creating and verifying
-signing-spec signatures, independent of how they are transmitted or stored. For
-the recommended data structure, see [Envelope](envelope.md).
+This document describes the protocol/algorithm for creating and verifying DSSE
+signatures, independent of how they are transmitted or stored. For the
+recommended data structure, see [Envelope](envelope.md).
 
 ## Signature Definition
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ SERIALIZED_BODY | bytes  | Yes      | Yes
 PAYLOAD_TYPE    | string | Yes      | Yes
 KEYID           | string | No       | No
 
-*   SERIALIZED_BODY: Byte sequence to be signed.
+*   SERIALIZED_BODY: Arbitrary byte sequence to be signed.
 
 *   PAYLOAD_TYPE: Opaque, case-sensitive string that uniquely and unambiguously
     identifies how to interpret `payload`. This includes both the encoding
@@ -34,10 +34,11 @@ KEYID           | string | No       | No
     *   [Media Type](https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/), a.k.a. MIME
         type or Content Type
         *   Example: `application/vnd.in-toto+json`.
-        *   IMPORTANT: SHOULD NOT be a generic type that only represents
-            encoding but not schema. For example, `application/json` is almost
-            always WRONG. Instead, invent a media type specific for your
-            application in the `application/vnd` namespace.
+        *   IMPORTANT: This SHOULD be an application-specific type describing
+            both encoding and schema, NOT a generic type like
+            `application/json`. The problem with generic types is that two
+            different applications could use the same encoding (e.g. JSON) but
+            interpret the payload differently.
         *   SHOULD be lowercase.
     *   [URI](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3986)
         *   Example: `https://example.com/MyMessage/v1-json`.
@@ -53,13 +54,12 @@ KEYID           | string | No       | No
 
 Functions:
 
-*   PAE() is the
-    [PASETO Pre-Authentication Encoding](https://github.com/paragonie/paseto/blob/master/docs/01-Protocol-Versions/Common.md#authentication-padding),
-    where parameters `type` and `body` are byte sequences:
+*   PAE() is the "Pre-Authentication Encoding", where parameters `type` and
+    `body` are byte sequences:
 
-    ```none
-    PAE(type, body) := le64(2) || le64(len(type)) || type || le64(len(body)) || body
-    le64(n) := 64-bit little-endian encoding of `n`, where 0 <= n < 2^63
+    ```python
+    PAE(type, body) := "DSSEv1 <len(type)> <type> <len(body)> <body>"
+    len(s) := ASCII decimal encoding of the byte length of s, with no leading zeros
     ```
 
 *   Sign() is an arbitrary digital signature format. Details are agreed upon
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ either, and verifiers **MUST** accept either.
 
 ## Test Vectors
 
-See [reference implementation](reference_implementation.ipynb). Here is an
+See [reference implementation](implementation/signing_spec.py). Here is an
 example.
 
 SERIALIZED_BODY:
@@ -120,10 +120,7 @@ http://example.com/HelloWorld
 PAE:
 
 ```none
-02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
-68 74 74 70 3a 2f 2f 65 78 61 6d 70 6c 65 2e 63
-6f 6d 2f 48 65 6c 6c 6f 57 6f 72 6c 64 0b 00 00
-00 00 00 00 00 68 65 6c 6c 6f 20 77 6f 72 6c 64
+DSSEv1 29 http://example.com/HelloWorld 11 hello world
 ```
 
 Cryptographic keys:
@@ -141,7 +138,7 @@ Result (using the recommended [JSON envelope](envelope.md)):
 ```json
 {"payload": "aGVsbG8gd29ybGQ=",
  "payloadType": "http://example.com/HelloWorld",
- "signatures": [{"sig": "y7BK8Mm8Mr4gxk4+G9X3BD1iBc/vVVuJuV4ubmsEK4m/8MhQOOS26ejx+weIjyAx8VjYoZRPpoXSNjHEzdE7nQ=="}]}
+ "signatures": [{"sig": "A3JqsQGtVsJ2O2xqrI5IcnXip5GToJ3F+FnZ+O88SjtR6rDAajabZKciJTfUiHqJPcIAriEGAHTVeCUjW2JIZA=="}]}
 ```
 
 [Canonical JSON]: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Canonical_JSON