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Re: >Re[2]- SIPP and SKIP. 2



        Reply to:   RE>>Re[2]: SIPP and SKIP. 2 
>>	 Ashar,
>>
>>	 	DEC devised a clever way to use per-SA keys, without

Note- DEC has patented this clever technique.

>>	 requiuring each SDE entity to have a table of the keys.  The approach
>>	 used was to transmit the session (per-SA) key encrypted in the master
>>	 key of the receiving SDE entity.  This encrypted form of the session
>>	 key was supplied by the receiving entity itself (so there is no need
>>	 to shre this master key) as part of SA establishment. The session key
>>	 was constant for the duration of the SA, but each new SA can have a
>>	 new session key.  This is consistent with the commnet Russ made about
>>	 the MDF vaule being constant per SA.
>>
>To fit our precise model, that would require a 64-bit SAID.

No it would not. The per-SA encrypted key could just be included in the
front of the initial security transformation specific stuff much like an IV.

Paul








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