Re: Last ditch proposal for crypto suites

[Michael Richardson <mcr@sandelman.ottawa.on.ca>]

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>>>>> "Lakshminath" == Lakshminath Dondeti <ldondeti@nortelnetworks.com> writes:
    Lakshminath> From what I understand from the concrete proposal below, a
    Lakshminath> compliant implementation MUST recognize suites as well as
    Lakshminath> ala carte proposals. How does this make life any easier for
    Lakshminath> anyone?

  No, you got it backwards.
  You MUST implement suites.

  You MAY implement a la carte.
  If you choose not to implement a la carte, you MUST be able to parse
enough to skip them. 

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