Verifiers (e.g. Kritis implementations) MUST verify signatures
with respect to the trust anchors defined in policy (e.g. a Kritis policy).
Typically this means that the verifier has been configured with a map frompublic_key_idto public key material (and any required parameters, e.g.
signing algorithm).
In particular, verification implementations MUST NOT treat the signaturepublic_key_idas anything more than a key lookup hint. Thepublic_key_idDOES NOT validate or authenticate a public key; it only provides a mechanism
for quickly selecting a public key ALREADY CONFIGURED on the verifier through
a trusted channel. Verification implementations MUST reject signatures in any
of the following circumstances:
Thepublic_key_idis not recognized by the verifier.
The public key thatpublic_key_idrefers to does not verify the
signature with respect to the payload.
Thesignaturecontents SHOULD NOT be "attached" (where the payload is
included with the serializedsignaturebytes). Verifiers MUST ignore any
"attached" payload and only verify signatures with respect to explicitly
provided payload (e.g. apayloadfield on the proto message that holds
this Signature, or the canonical serialization of the proto message that
holds this signature).
The identifier for the public key that verifies this signature.
Thepublic_key_idis required.
Thepublic_key_idSHOULD be an RFC3986 conformant URI.
When possible, thepublic_key_idSHOULD be an immutable reference,
such as a cryptographic digest.
Examples of validpublic_key_ids:
OpenPGP V4 public key fingerprint:
The content of the signature, an opaque bytestring.
The payload that this signature verifies MUST be unambiguously provided
with the Signature during verification. A wrapper message might provide
the payload explicitly. Alternatively, a message might have a canonical
serialization that can always be unambiguously computed to derive the
payload.
The identifier for the public key that verifies this signature.
Thepublic_key_idis required.
Thepublic_key_idSHOULD be an RFC3986 conformant URI.
When possible, thepublic_key_idSHOULD be an immutable reference,
such as a cryptographic digest.
Examples of validpublic_key_ids:
OpenPGP V4 public key fingerprint:
The identifier for the public key that verifies this signature.
Thepublic_key_idis required.
Thepublic_key_idSHOULD be an RFC3986 conformant URI.
When possible, thepublic_key_idSHOULD be an immutable reference,
such as a cryptographic digest.
Examples of validpublic_key_ids:
OpenPGP V4 public key fingerprint:
The content of the signature, an opaque bytestring.
The payload that this signature verifies MUST be unambiguously provided
with the Signature during verification. A wrapper message might provide
the payload explicitly. Alternatively, a message might have a canonical
serialization that can always be unambiguously computed to derive the
payload.
The identifier for the public key that verifies this signature.
Thepublic_key_idis required.
Thepublic_key_idSHOULD be an RFC3986 conformant URI.
When possible, thepublic_key_idSHOULD be an immutable reference,
such as a cryptographic digest.
Examples of validpublic_key_ids:
OpenPGP V4 public key fingerprint:
The identifier for the public key that verifies this signature.
Thepublic_key_idis required.
Thepublic_key_idSHOULD be an RFC3986 conformant URI.
When possible, thepublic_key_idSHOULD be an immutable reference,
such as a cryptographic digest.
Examples of validpublic_key_ids:
OpenPGP V4 public key fingerprint:
The content of the signature, an opaque bytestring.
The payload that this signature verifies MUST be unambiguously provided
with the Signature during verification. A wrapper message might provide
the payload explicitly. Alternatively, a message might have a canonical
serialization that can always be unambiguously computed to derive the
payload.
[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Hard to understand","hardToUnderstand","thumb-down"],["Incorrect information or sample code","incorrectInformationOrSampleCode","thumb-down"],["Missing the information/samples I need","missingTheInformationSamplesINeed","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-09-04 UTC."],[],[],null,[]]