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Re: (IMPORTANT) Call for AH-MD5 and ESP-DES to move forward



Perry E. Metzger writes:
> > There has been very strong support for the use of HMAC as the "standard"
> > transform for AH.  A "change" of this mechanism sooner, rather than later,
> > would limit the impact on implementors.
> 
> Fine, but that doesn't necessarily mean "replace".

In light of what has already been said, I *strongly suggest* that
HMAC should *replace* the current MAC, with, as Steve proposes, a
different transform number. And it has to be done NOW.
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Uri		uri@watson.ibm.com
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