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Re: keyed-MD5 placement of secret
> From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@imsi.com>
> "William Allen Simpson" says:
> > Now, unless the Security Area reverses itself, and changes the standard
> > in SNMP also, that is what we will use in the AH implementations going
> > forward as we speak.
>
> I wouldn't go that far. The security area directorate isn't
> infallible. If someone presented with reasonable evidence that we were
> making a mistake I'd say that we should change. However, thus far I
> haven't seen evidence that we shouldn't follow the SNMP/IPv6
> precedent.
>
Nobody said they were. But, they are the final deciders, not us. This
WG might think there is reasonable evidence, but that simply doesn't
matter. This is not tyranny of the majority. This is about
interoperability and technical direction.
> As I've yet to hear a good technical argument, I'm sticking with my
> personal position
>
I agree.
Bill.Simpson@um.cc.umich.edu