Re: Comment on draft-ike-implementation regarding nonce size

[Dan Harkins <dharkins@tibernian.com>]

On Sat, 16 Mar 2002 11:44:46 EST you wrote
> On Sat, 16 Mar 2002, Andrew Krywaniuk wrote:
> > I don't understand your assertion that the two sides need to agree on the
> > nonce size. There is nothing in the protocol which says that the size of th
>e
> > Ni and Nr must match.
> 
> Poor phrasing, of a last-minute addition to the draft:  the issue is not
> that the two nonces have to be the same size, but that each side has to be
> willing to accept the other's nonce size, and there is no specification
> for allowable range.  I'll change this for the next rev.

The specification for allowable range is in section 5 of RFC2409.

  Dan.