draft-ietf-smime-idea-05.txt

The new draft still contains the following ASN.1 for the IDEA Parameters:

     IDEA-CBCPar ::= SEQUENCE {
        IV OCTET STRING OPTIONAL -- exactly 8 octets }

First, the ASN.1 has an error because the '}' is within a comment.

Second, I see no reason for the SEQUENCE.  Has code already been written 
and deployed that uses this syntax?
Russ


At 06:44 AM 06/27/2000 -0400, Internet-Drafts(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org wrote:
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> This draft is a work item of the S/MIME Mail Security Working Group of the 
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>         Title           : Use of the IDEA Encryption Algorithm in CMS
>         Author(s)       : S. Teiwes, P. Hartmann, D. Kuenzi
>         Filename        : draft-ietf-smime-idea-05.txt
>         Pages           : 6
>         Date            : 26-Jun-00
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> This memo specifies how to incorporate IDEA (International Data
> Encryption Algorithm) [IDEA] into S/MIME [SMIME2, SMIME3] as
> an additional strong algorithm for symmetric encryption. For
> organizations who make use of IDEA for data security purposes
> it is of high interest that IDEA is also available in S/MIME.
> The intention of this memo is to provide the OIDs and algorithms
> required that IDEA can be included in S/MIME for symmetric content
> and key encryption.
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