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IBM US Patent #5,148,479 12/06/94 17:10:24
Reference: Your note of Tue, 6 Dec 1994 17:10:24 -0800
Phil, Steve and everybody:
The requirements for IKMP from last year's meeting were made available
by Dave Solo early this year (March?). There has been quite some activity
and technical discussions on the rich variety of proposals and
techniques, specially in the last few months. I hope it doesn't take
too much longer to start making some basic decisions and recommendations.
(Reaching agreement is a complex process - in fact, its complexity is
proportional to the number of "Byzantine" players :-) )
Let's continue with the process, and move on!
Regards,
Juan
*************** Referenced Note ***************
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 1994 17:10:24 -0800
From: Phil Karn <karn at qualcomm.com>
Message-Id: <199412070110.RAA07616@servo.qualcomm.com>
To: kent@BBN.COM
Cc: jwlowe@vnet.ibm.com, ipsec@ans.net
In-Reply-To: <199412062304.AA26903@interlock.ans.net> (message from Steve Kent on Tue, 06 Dec 94 18:01:01 -0500)
Subject: Re: IBM US Patent #5,148,479
>As a member of the IPSEC WG who is unable to attend this IETF meeting,
>I'd like to suggest that adoption of any of the key management
>proposals on the table at this IETF would be premature and, based on
>the usual level of new attendees, inappropriate. It is nice that IBM
You can relax, Steve. The chances of us adopting *anything* at this
meeting are only slightly greater than the chances of the NSA
voluntarily publishing the Skipjack algorithm and abandoning all
export controls on cryptography.
Phil