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

To: hugo@watson.ibm.com
Subject: Re: (IMPORTANT) Call for AH-MD5 and ESP-DES to move forward
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Date: Fri, 01 Mar 1996 10:04:39 -0500
Cc: ipsec@TIS.COM
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 29 Feb 1996 18:31:34 EST." <199602292350.SAA17634@linet02.li.net>
Reply-To: perry@piermont.com
Sender: ipsec-request@neptune.tis.com

hugo@watson.ibm.com writes:
> Waiting 1-2 years is unrealistic for IETF proposals.

Its not unrealistic to wait that long to advance to a high level
provided that the proposal is made into an RFC and a proposed standard
first so that people know it is standards track.

> However, I wish there was a more orderly scrutiny of security designs
> for IETF protocols by cryptographers.

The process is sometimes chaotic. However, it does, in the end,
usually work.

Perry

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