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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Security experts,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">The official</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">Java Security Standard
Algorithm Names</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">incorrectly documents the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black"> </span></span><code><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Signature.*withECDSAinP1363Format</span></code><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">algorithms
as<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">SEQUENCE ::= { r INTEGER, s INTEGER }<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">This is incorrect. The IEEE P1363 Format is defined as</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black"> </span></span><em><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">concatenating</span></em><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black"> </span></span><code><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">r</span></code><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">and</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black"> </span></span><code><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">s</span></code><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">values
(with no ASN.1 encoding, but with appropriate padding). The implementations appear correct. This just appears to be a documentation issue. The documentation for Java 11, 12, and 13 would need to be updated.
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">I refer you to the Wikipedia page [2], item #7 that has the relevant information<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">[1]: <a href="https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/12/docs/specs/security/standard-names.html#signature-algorithms">
https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/12/docs/specs/security/standard-names.html#signature-algorithms</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">[2]: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliptic_Curve_Digital_Signature_Algorithm#Signature_generation_algorithm">
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliptic_Curve_Digital_Signature_Algorithm#Signature_generation_algorithm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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