Re: Last ditch proposal for crypto suites

[Lakshminath Dondeti <ldondeti@nortelnetworks.com>]

In the IKEv2 spec., transforms may have attributes (Sec. 7.3.2 and 
Appendix A).  I was wondering about how that would work with suites in a 
proposal.

cheers,
Lakshminath

Charlie_Kaufman@notesdev.ibm.com wrote:
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> The strong and nearly unanimous reaction to this question this time leads
> me to make a more radical proposal:
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> I propose that we remove the text for a la carte negotiation from the IKEv2
> spec, and escrow it in a bombproof vault somewhere in case future
> generations want it, and replace it with the proposal from my last message
> for specifying suites only. If we ever need a la carte, we
> have a backwards compatible way to add it in, but in the meantime we won't
> specify it. And if we're lucky, no one will ever miss it.
> 
>           --Charlie
> 
> Opinions expressed may not even by mine by the time you read them, and
> certainly don't reflect those of any other entity (legal or otherwise).
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