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| author | juerg <juerg@google.com> | 2022-07-26 09:24:13 -0700 |
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| committer | Copybara-Service <copybara-worker@google.com> | 2022-07-26 09:26:13 -0700 |
| commit | b99bb8c8fce28444bc17cb6d4071eb1e6e24597d (patch) | |
| tree | cec49a35922aca55008e9b8edf97480f28ef561c /proto | |
| parent | 899ef50ab467f09513db673cb4a51317e9ca664f (diff) | |
| download | tink-b99bb8c8fce28444bc17cb6d4071eb1e6e24597d.tar.gz | |
Rewrite comment about key version.
PiperOrigin-RevId: 463353675
Diffstat (limited to 'proto')
| -rw-r--r-- | proto/tink.proto | 9 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/proto/tink.proto b/proto/tink.proto index 61145edf8..17875819a 100644 --- a/proto/tink.proto +++ b/proto/tink.proto @@ -94,15 +94,14 @@ enum OutputPrefixType { } // Each *Key proto by convention contains a version field, which -// identifies the version of implementation that can work with this key. +// identifies the version of the key. // message SomeInstantiationKey { // uint32 version = 1; // ... // } -// Version is a monotonic counter: each implementation of a primitive -// has its associated "current version", which starts at 0 and is incremented -// upon updates of the code/key proto. A key with version n needs -// an implementation version n or higher to work. +// If a key type does not mention anything else, only version 0 is currently +// specified. An implementation must only accept keys with versions it knows, +// and must reject all keys with unknown version. // For public key primitives, the public and private keys are distinct entities // and represent distinct primitives. However, by convention, the private key |