Rename OctetSequenceKey to SymmetricKey

Issue #24 resolved
Vladimir Dzhuvinov created an issue

JPSK uses the term "symmetric key" which also seems to be the established name for shared keys:

http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-jones-jose-json-private-and-symmetric-key-00#section-4

Comments (5)

  1. Justin Richer

    The trouble is that the draft uses the parameter keytype "Octet Sequence". I like the name "Symmetric Key" better as well, but I wanted to be parallel to what was in the document. Either way is ultimately fine with me.

  2. Vladimir Dzhuvinov reporter

    Symmetric Key is easier to recognise what it means. But now I realise that people may use that field to store things like passwords.

    I need to sleep over that :)

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