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Re: do security recommendations belong in standard?

1997-10-30 16:28:00

Rick Smith <smith(_at_)securecomputing(_dot_)com> writes:
RFCs traditionally have that special section at the end called "Security."
Instead of the traditional phrase "This whole RFC is about security"

Well isn't it? :-)

perhaps that is the right place to put security recommendations. This would
be more in line with other RFCs, wouldn't it?

Also, this would reflect a (previously misplaced and sorely missed)
recognition of the difference between security and security mechanisms.

So long as the importance of adherence to security recommendations is
clear; ignoring them entirely could lead to some bizarrely insecure
implementations which could legitimately claim to be OpenPGP
compliant.

Adam
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