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Re: Photuris questions
In message <199509171319.AA09982@interlock.ans.net>, "William Allen Simpson" wr
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>> From: "Angelos D. Keromytis" <kermit@forthnet.gr>
>> Understood. I don't know whether this might present a problem when the
>> Initiator supports the K-transform function of an algorithm (ie. MD5), but
>> not the I/R side of it;
>
>I can't tell whether you are serious or just blowing smoke. There is no
>provision in Photuris for implementing just one of several functions for
>which an attribute can be used. The functions that must be implemented
>are clearly indicated for MD5, and hopefully will be just as clearly
>indicated for other algorithms as they are defined.
>
>This is not an onerous problem, as we are talking about 6 lines of code,
>in the case of K-transforms. The I/R is already required by RFC-1828.
>There simply won't _be_ any implementations that don't support it.
>
>KISS.
>
>Bill.Simpson@um.cc.umich.edu
> Key fingerprint = 2E 07 23 03 C5 62 70 D3 59 B1 4F 5E 1D C2 C1 A2
Some style there. No problem supporting all functions of MD5, but if i'm
required to, mention it in the draft; there's no indication that the
signature algorithm HAS to be implemented.
-Angelos
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