WebAuthn 1 vs WebAuthn 2

[Martiño]

Hi!

I've noticed a new Working Draft of the W3C came out [2] , but I'm not sure how this relates with the existing W3C Recommendation [1].

Is it the same standard but a new version? If so, why is it published that way? I'm a bit confused by "...Level 1" and "...Level 2" naming.

Also, it would be quite interesting if someone working on the draft could give us a bit of insight on the major changes/differences between them.

Thank you in advance!

Martiño R.

University of A Coruña Undergraduate Student

[1]: https://www.w3.org/TR/webauthn/ 

[2]: https://www.w3.org/TR/webauthn-2/

[Emil Lundberg]

Yes, it's version 2 of the WebAuthn standard. I think "Level" is W3C terminology, but I actually can't find a definition of that (apart from "maturity level", which seems separate) in the W3C process doc...

Anyway, Jeff Hodges compiled a summary of changes at the release of WD-02 (working draft 2). I'm guessing he'll do the same for upcoming releases as well: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webauthn/2019Dec/0034.html

Emil Lundberg

Software Developer | Yubico

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[Martiño]

I see, I was not used to W3C nomenclature.

About the changes, I think the html diff can give a general idea of the current changes. I also found a previous message of Jeff Hodges about the the difference I was mentioning (L1 document vs L2 document) : https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webauthn/2019Jun/0248.html. I'll keep an eye on his following announcements.

Many thanks for the help and for your quick response, Emil.

Martiño R.

University of A Coruña Undergraduate Student 

El lunes, 8 de junio de 2020, 18:24:03 (UTC+2), Emil Lundberg escribió:

Yes, it's version 2 of the WebAuthn standard. I think "Level" is W3C terminology, but I actually can't find a definition of that (apart from "maturity level", which seems separate) in the W3C process doc...

Anyway, Jeff Hodges compiled a summary of changes at the release of WD-02 (working draft 2). I'm guessing he'll do the same for upcoming releases as well: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webauthn/2019Dec/0034.html

Emil Lundberg

Software Developer | Yubico

On 2020-06-08 18:11, Martiño wrote:

Hi!

I've noticed a new Working Draft of the W3C came out [2] , but I'm not sure how this relates with the existing W3C Recommendation [1].

Is it the same standard but a new version? If so, why is it published that way? I'm a bit confused by "...Level 1" and "...Level 2" naming.

Also, it would be quite interesting if someone working on the draft could give us a bit of insight on the major changes/differences between them.

Thank you in advance!

Martiño R.

University of A Coruña Undergraduate Student

[1]: https://www.w3.org/TR/webauthn/ 

[2]: https://www.w3.org/TR/webauthn-2/

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