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Well if you don't provide backward compatibility whom do you plan on
communicating with?? I think throwing away the current user base and
starting from scratch is a foolhardy thing to do.
In <9710301947(_dot_)AA29344(_at_)watpub1(_dot_)watson(_dot_)ibm(_dot_)com>, on
10/30/97
at 02:47 PM, Uri Blumenthal <uri(_at_)watson(_dot_)ibm(_dot_)com> said:
I raise the question of whether it is wise to allow backward
compatibility to force us to implement algorithms we wouldn't otherwise.
Lutz Donnerhacke says:........................
EDE-DES(SHOULD), IDEA(MUST), Cast5(MAY), ....
MD5(MUST), SHA1(SHOULD), MD2(MAY), ...
MD5 is must, because it is the default and backward compatible.
IDEA is must, because it is the default and backward compatible.
It *was* the default. Do we have to keep the outdated defaults? --
Regards,
Uri uri(_at_)watson(_dot_)ibm(_dot_)com
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