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

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Subject: Re: Comments on draft-ietf-ipsec-ike-01.txt (long)
From: Helger Lipmaa <helger@cyber.ee>
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 01:54:03 +0300 (EET DST)
In-Reply-To: <199906142054.QAA24869@istari.sandelman.ottawa.on.ca>
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On Mon, 14 Jun 1999, Michael C. Richardson wrote:

>   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.

Note that there may be unforeseeable complications. For example, what if
by some strange reasons IDEA with independent subkeys happens to be
actually weaker than the 128-bit IDEA?

MUST is a bit too strong.

Helger

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

From: "Michael C. Richardson" <mcr@sandelman.ottawa.on.ca>

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