Jon:
CMS no longer includes any mandatory to implement algorithms. This was
done so that each application could assign the best algorithms for their
environment.
For S/MIME version 3.1, the mandatory to implement encryption algorithm is
Triple-DES. I do not expect this to change. However, there has been
discussion about making AES a SHOULD implement algorithm. The "Use of AES
with CMS" specification is finally nearly finished. This is intended to
send a message to implementors that AES will probably become a MUST
implement algorithm in the future. At that time, AES would become MUST and
Triple-DES would become SHOULD (to preserve interoperability with old
algorithms).
Russ
At 06:50 PM 3/4/2003 -0500, Peterson, Jon wrote:
I'm glad that the draft is some of interest to this WG, since we could
probably use some advice from the S/MIME experts on our direction.
This document proposes to profile S/MIME for SIP, specifically by exchanging
the mandatory Triple-DES encryption algorithm requirement for AES. Some of
the reasons why AES would be a better fit for SIP are given in the draft.
There is, however, some concern that this might lead to non-interoperability
with standard S/MIME stacks, and so on.
I see that rfc2633bis 2.7 makes Triple-DES mandatory. Is it likely that
S/MIME down the road will require AES? Does the proposal in this draft seem
like a wrong-headed profile to this WG?
Jon Peterson
NeuStar, Inc.
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> > Title : S/MIME AES Requirement for SIP
> > Author(s) : J. Peterson
> > Filename : draft-ietf-sip-smime-aes-00.txt
> > Pages : 6
> > Date : 2003-2-26
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> >RFC3261 currently specifies 3DES as the required minimum ciphersuite
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