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Re: Comments on draft-ietf-ipsec-ike-01.txt (long)




>>>>> "Sandy" == Sandy Harris <sandy.harris@sympatico.ca> writes:
    Sandy> My query would have been whether they should be prohibited from
    Sandy> REJECTING a key length greater than they've configured.

    Sandy> You configure for, say 128-bit Blowfish. I offer 448. The
    Sandy> algorithm costs no more to run with the longer key. Clearly you
    Sandy> SHOULD accept. I'd like to see the standard say you MUST accept.

  I think the text should say SHOULD.
  Despite Blowfish being able to do flexible key lengths, not all hardware
may be configured to do that.

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