I have three comments, none of them are show stoppers.
1) The Abstract includes a reference. The RFC Editor will not allow
it. I suggest the following to resolve the concern:
The Secure Shell (SSH) secure remote-login protocol is specified
in RFC 4251. SSH employs cryptographic algorithms to provide
authentication, key agreement, confidentiality and data integrity.
This document specifies the conventions for using AES-GCM
(Advanced Encryption Standard used in Galois/Counter Mode) to
provide both confidentiality and data integrity.
2) The introduction should include references to AES and GCM. There
are already normative references to the needed documents, but the
Introduction should really point to them. I suggest:
Galois/Counter Mode (GCM) [GCM] is a block cipher mode of operation that
provides both confidentiality and data integrity services. In
this document, GCM
is used with the block cipher defined in the Advanced Encryption Standard
(AES) [AES]. This document specifies the conventions for using AES-GCM
to provide both confidentiality and data integrity in the Secure
Shell Transport
Layer Protocol [RFC4251].
3) Section 4 should have an introduction sentence that expands AEAD.
Thanks,
Russ
The IESG has received a request from an individual submitter to consider
the following document:
- 'AES Galois Counter Mode for the Secure Shell Transport Layer Protocol'
<draft-igoe-secsh-aes-gcm-00.txt> as an Informational RFC
The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits
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