Safari WebCrypto does not support spki

[aghassemi]

in jwt.js isVerificationSupported returns true for browsers that support the subtle API BUT the key format that jwt expect is spki which Safari does NOT support. So Ideally isVerificationSupported should have returned false in Safari. https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=129978

[aghassemi]

@dvoytenko We should be able to go from PEM to jwk instead of spki so we can use subtle API in safari as well right?

[dvoytenko]

What's the future Safari support looks like? This feature is needed for development only so it's low risk as it stands. But would be good to know what the future looks like for Safari in this regard. spki is in spec, I'm pretty sure.

[aghassemi]

Outlook is grim :) someone asked the same on https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=129978 few months ago, no reply. Bug has been open since 3/2014. I added a comment as well, maybe that triggers a response.

[aghassemi]

There is some activity on https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=129978 looks like it is happening: https://bugs.webkit.org/attachment.cgi?id=296223&action=diff maybe outlook was not so grim afterall!

[adelinamart]

Bug mentioned seems to be fixed. @aghassemi is there anything else to be done here? Thanks

[aghassemi]

@adelinamart, nothing I can think of. It should just work when that Safari bug fix makes it to a release ( if it hasn't already). Closing.