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Re: Terminology question: "suites" vs "set of cryptographic algorithms"



Charlie:

I do not see a problem using the term, as long as it is defined toward the 
beginning of the document.

Russ


At 05:56 PM 5/2/2003 -0400, Charlie_Kaufman@notesdev.ibm.com wrote:




>When I changed IKEv2 back to a la carte cryptographic algorithm
>negotiation, in many places I continued to use the terms "suite" and
>"cryptographic suite" to refer to the set of algorithms proposed and
>accepted even though there is no longer a concept of named suites or
>meaning beyond a "set of algorithms to be used together". I believe this is
>a common use of the term, but at least one reader found it confusing,
>particularly since "we aren't negotiating suites anymore".
>
>What do others think? I'm not averse to replacing the term, but I'm
>reluctant to make last minute changes that someone else might object to.
>This is only a terminology question.
>
>Opinions?
>
>       --Charlie