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List,
I've started implementing a SPKI toolbox in Java, and right now I've a question
(which won't be the last) about comparing principals.
If I've understood it correctly, the field <uris> in a public key is used to
point where you can get certificates on that key, right? I guess that the
<uris> field in the hash has the same purpose, when this hash is of a public
key.
The question is, how do I compute the hash of a public key? I mean, should one
take the s-expression representing the whole key (uris included)? If so, should
I copy the <uris> field from the key into the hash?
And when comparing principals for "samePrincipalAs", do I take into account
also the <uris> field? If the answer is yes, then a principal is not only a
public key or hash, but also the <uris>, which has the problem that we'd have 2
different principals represented by the same key but with different <uris>
field.
And if not, then computing the hashing of a public key is a special case in
SPKI (it'd only be some more lines of code), which would first remove the
<uris> field in the public key, compute the hash and add <uris> in the hash.
I hope I made myself clear. Thanks a lot in advance.
JoanMa
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