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authorRasmus Dahlberg <rasmus.dahlberg@kau.se>2020-11-02 16:59:20 +0100
committerRasmus Dahlberg <rasmus.dahlberg@kau.se>2020-11-02 16:59:20 +0100
commit0b52f555fa06e9c4098caf76933ec8f923182982 (patch)
tree2e4fb8fe2f1b96325c783c0be0e0ad8797feb61d
parent6f9c8e35ec66125a8d260fe78c108585bb16dfce (diff)
rephrased signature algorithm to signature scheme
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@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ A log is defined by the following immutable parameters:
- Log identifier: `SHA256(public key)`, see RFC 6962
[§3.2](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6962#section-3.2)
- Public key: DER encoding of the key represented as `SubjectPublicKeyInfo`
-- Supported signature algorithms: a list of signature algorithms that the
+- Supported signature schemes: a list of signature schemes that the
log recognizes. Possible values are defined in RFC 8446,
[§4.2.3](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8446#section-4.2.3). Submitters must
use a signature algorithm that the log supports.
-- Signature algorithm: the signature algorithm that the log uses to sign
-tree heads and debug info statements.
+- Signature scheme: the signature scheme that the log uses to sign tree heads
+and debug info statements.
- Maximum chain length: e.g., three means that we would reject submissions that
were signed by a certificate chain of length four.
- Base URL: where can this log be reached? E.g., example.com:1234/log