W3C Web Cryptography Working Group
Security
Web Cryptography Working Group
As of 2017, this Working Group is now closed.
Maintenance for the W3C Recommendation happens under the supervision of the
Web Security Interest Group
The
Web Cryptography Working Group
developed a Recommendation-track document that defines an API that lets developers implement secure application protocols on the level of Web applications, including message confidentiality and authentication services, by exposing trusted cryptographic primitives from the browser. This will promote higher security insofar as Web application developers will no longer have to create their own or use untrusted third-party libraries for cryptographic primitives.
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Web Cryptography Standards and Notes
Charter, Meeting Records and History
Also of Interest
Nearby
Mailing list archives:
public-webcrypto
public-webcrypto-comments
WG issue tracking
wiki
Git "rough ideas" repository
Web Cryptography W3C Standards and Notes
Recommendation
Web Cryptography API
Editor's Draft
Web Cryptography API
Testing:
Web Platform Tests WebCrypto repository
Bugzilla for the Web Cryptography API
Web Cryptography Use-Cases
Editor's Draft: Use Cases
prior wiki
Bugzilla for the Web Cryptography Use-Cases
WebCrypto Key Discovery
Key Discovery (Working Group Note)
High-Level API
Editor's Draft: High-level API
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Charter, Meeting Records, and History
The
Web Cryptography Working Group Charter
shows what the W3C has asked this working group to do.
Recent Teleconference minutes:
16-03-25 minutes
16-03-21 minutes
16-03-07 minutes
16-02-22 minutes
15-11-30 minutes
15-11-16 minutes
16-10-12 minutes
15-09-28 minutes
15-09-14 minutes
14-12-09 minutes
14-10-30 minutes
14-10-20 minutes
14-09-29 minutes
10-11 September, W3C Workshop on Authentication, Hardware Tokens and Beyond
older minutes
Also of Interest
The
IETF JOSE (Javascript Object Signing and Encryption) Working Group
The
IETF RTCWeb Working Group
The
W3C WebRTC Working Group
The
W3C Web Applications Security Working Group
The
W3C Web Platform Working Group
DomCrypt
in Mozilla. Also note that
Chrome
supports some of DomCrypt.
Microsoft Cryptographic API
Microsoft Next-Generation Cryptographic API
The
Stanford Javascript Crypto library
These are documents produced outside the W3C Web Cryptography Working Group that may be of interest to people interested in Working Group.
Virginie Galindo
Gemalto
Chair
Harry Halpin,
W3C
staff contact