Web cryptography

References for Web Cryptography:

• Web Cryptography API, W3C Proposed Recommendation, December 15, 2016
• Web Crypto API, Mozilla Developer Network, July 19, 2016
• Web Cryptography API, Microsoft Developer Network (IE 11 implementation).
• Can I use Web Cryptography, caniuse.com

Standards

Official:

• JSON Object Signing and Encryption (IANA)
• RFC 5958 - Asymmetric Key Packages
• RFC 5208 - Public-Key Cryptography Standards (PKCS) #8: Private-Key Information Syntax Specification Version 1.2 (Obsoleted by RFC 5958)
• RFC 7515 JSON Web Signature (JWS)
• RFC 7517 JSON Web Key (JWK)
• RFC 7518 JSON Web Algorithms (JWA)

Web Cryptography API:

• W3C Editor's Draft 24 October 2016
• W3C Last Call Working Draft 25 March 2014

API Documentation

• SubtleCrypto.importKey() (Mozilla Developer Network)

Compliance and availability

• http://caniuse.com/#feat=cryptography
• Web Cryptography API Live Table (What your browser supports)

Web Cryptography Demos

• Web Cryptography API Tutorial
• Window.crypto, Mozilla Developer Network, Jan 18, 2017
• Web Cryptography API Examples, diayfgi@github, Oct 18, 2015
• Crypto Samples, nick.bleeken.eu
• RSA and ECC in JavaScript, stanford University
• JavaScript ECDH Key Exchange demo, Stanford University

IE11 Only

• Web Crypto Samples, nvdbleek@github, Nov 12, 2013
  • hash demo
  • encrypt, decrypt with RSAES-PKCS1-v1.5

Tutorials

• Web Cryptography API Tutorial, Narayan Prusty, 2016, QNimate,

Arguments against web cryptography

• What's wrong with in-browser cryptography, Tony Arcieri, December 30, 2013.
• Javascript Cryptography Considered Harmful, Thomas Ptacek, 29 August 2011

Support

• WebCrypto, The Chronium Projects
• WebCrypto API enabled by default starting in Chrome 37
• Internet Explorer: Limited support in IE11

Server side

RSA in python

• https://pypi.python.org/pypi/rsa (PKCS #1)
• https://gist.github.com/JonCooperWorks/5314103 (bare bones)
• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30056762/rsa-encryption-and-decryption-in-python

JSON Web Key in Python

• http://python-jose.readthedocs.io/en/latest/jwk/
• http://letsencrypt.readthedocs.io/projects/acme/en/latest/api/jose/jwk.html
• https://github.com/mpdavis/python-jose
• https://pypi.python.org/pypi/python-jose/0.6.1 JavaScript Object Signing and Encryption (JOSE) technologies