Supported COSE Algorithms

IANA Registry for COSE lists many cryptographic algorithms for MAC, signing, and encryption. This section shows the algorithms which this library currently supports.

COSE Key Types

Name

Status

Value

Description

OKP

1

Octet Key Pair

EC2

2

Elliptic Curve Keys w/ x- and y-coordinate pair

RSA

3

RSA Key

Symmetric

4

Symmetric Keys

HSS-LMS

5

Public key for HSS/LMS hash-based digital signature

WalnutDSA

6

WalnutDSA public key

COSE Algorithms

Name

Status

Value

Description

RS1

-65535

RSASSA-PKCS1-v1_5 using SHA-1

WalnutDSA

-260

WalnutDSA signature

RS512

-259

RSASSA-PKCS1-v1_5 using SHA-512

RS384

-258

RSASSA-PKCS1-v1_5 using SHA-384

RS256

-257

RSASSA-PKCS1-v1_5 using SHA-256

ES256K

-47

ECDSA using secp256k1 curve and SHA-256

HSS-LMS

-46

HSS/LMS hash-based digital signature

SHAKE256

-45

SHAKE-256 512-bit Hash Value

SHA-512

-44

SHA-2 512-bit Hash

SHA-384

-43

SHA-2 384-bit Hash

RSAES-OAEP w/ SHA-512

-42

RSAES-OAEP w/ SHA-512

RSAES-OAEP w/ SHA-256

-41

RSAES-OAEP w/ SHA-256

RSAES-OAEP
w/ RFC 8017 default
parameters

-40

RSAES-OAEP w/ SHA-1

PS512

-39

RSASSA-PSS w/ SHA-512

PS384

-38

RSASSA-PSS w/ SHA-384

PS256

-37

RSASSA-PSS w/ SHA-256

ES512

-36

ECDSA w/ SHA-512

ES384

-35

ECDSA w/ SHA-384

ECDH-SS + A256KW

-34

ECDH SS w/ Concat KDF and AES Key Wrap w/ 256-bit
key

ECDH-SS + A192KW

-33

ECDH SS w/ Concat KDF and AES Key Wrap w/ 192-bit
key

ECDH-SS + A128KW

-32

ECDH SS w/ Concat KDF and AES Key Wrap w/ 128-bit
key

ECDH-ES + A256KW

-31

ECDH ES w/ Concat KDF and AES Key Wrap w/ 256-bit
key

ECDH-ES + A192KW

-30

ECDH ES w/ Concat KDF and AES Key Wrap w/ 192-bit
key

ECDH-ES + A128KW

-29

ECDH ES w/ Concat KDF and AES Key Wrap w/ 128-bit
key

ECDH-SS + HKDF-512

-28

ECDH SS w/ HKDF - generate key directly

ECDH-SS + HKDF-256

-27

ECDH SS w/ HKDF - generate key directly

ECDH-ES + HKDF-512

-26

ECDH ES w/ HKDF - generate key directly

ECDH-ES + HKDF-256

-25

ECDH ES w/ HKDF - generate key directly

SHAKE128

-18

SHAKE-128 256-bit Hash Value

SHA-512/256

-17

SHA-2 512-bit Hash truncated to 256-bits

SHA-256

-16

SHA-2 256-bit Hash

SHA-256/64

-15

SHA-2 256-bit Hash truncated to 64-bits

SHA-1

-14

SHA-1 Hash

direct+HKDF-AES-256

-13

Shared secret w/ AES-MAC 256-bit key

direct+HKDF-AES-128

-12

Shared secret w/ AES-MAC 128-bit key

direct+HKDF-SHA-512

-11

Shared secret w/ HKDF and SHA-512

direct+HKDF-SHA-256

-10

Shared secret w/ HKDF and SHA-256

EdDSA

-8

EdDSA

ES256

-7

ECDSA w/ SHA-256

direct

-6

Direct use of CEK

A256KW

-5

AES Key Wrap w/ 256-bit key

A192KW

-4

AES Key Wrap w/ 192-bit key

A128KW

-3

AES Key Wrap w/ 128-bit key

A128GCM

1

AES-GCM mode w/ 128-bit key, 128-bit tag

A192GCM

2

AES-GCM mode w/ 192-bit key, 128-bit tag

A256GCM

3

AES-GCM mode w/ 256-bit key, 128-bit tag

HMAC 256/64

4

HMAC w/ SHA-256 truncated to 64 bits

HMAC 256/256
(“HS256” can also
be used.)

5

HMAC w/ SHA-256

HMAC 384/384
(“HS384” can also
be used.)

6

HMAC w/ SHA-384

HMAC 512/512
(“HS512” can also
be used.)

7

HMAC w/ SHA-512

AES-CCM-16-64-128

10

AES-CCM mode 128-bit key, 64-bit tag,
13-byte nonce

AES-CCM-16-64-256

11

AES-CCM mode 256-bit key, 64-bit tag,
13-byte nonce

AES-CCM-64-64-128

12

AES-CCM mode 128-bit key, 64-bit tag,
7-byte nonce

AES-CCM-64-64-256

13

AES-CCM mode 256-bit key, 64-bit tag,
7-byte nonce

AES-MAC 128/64

14

AES-MAC 128-bit key, 64-bit tag

AES-MAC 256/64

15

AES-MAC 256-bit key, 64-bit tag

ChaCha20/Poly1305

24

ChaCha20/Poly1305 w/ 256-bit key, 128-bit tag

AES-MAC 128/128

25

AES-MAC 128-bit key, 128-bit tag

AES-MAC 128/128

26

AES-MAC 256-bit key, 128-bit tag

AES-CCM-16-128-128

30

AES-CCM mode 128-bit key, 128-bit tag,
13-byte nonce

AES-CCM-16-128-256

31

AES-CCM mode 256-bit key, 128-bit tag,
13-byte nonce

AES-CCM-64-128-128

32

AES-CCM mode 128-bit key, 128-bit tag,
7-byte nonce

AES-CCM-64-128-256

33

AES-CCM mode 256-bit key, 128-bit tag,
7-byte nonce

COSE Elliptic Curves

Name

Status

Value

Description

P-256

1

NIST P-256 also known as secp256r1

P-384

2

NIST P-384 also known as secp384r1

P-521

3

NIST P-521 also known as secp521r1

X25519

4

X25519 for use w/ ECDH only

X448

5

X448 for use w/ ECDH only

Ed25519

6

Ed25519 for use w/ EdDSA only

Ed448

7

Ed448 for use w/ EdDSA only

secp256k1

8

SECG secp256k1 curve