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Re: DHCID and the use of MD5

2005-11-29 09:47:05
"Russ" == Russ Housley <housley(_at_)vigilsec(_dot_)com> writes:

    Russ> Sam: Maybe I should have stayed quiet a bit longer.  I fully
    Russ> support Steve's approach, and maybe that is what you wanted
    Russ> too.

    Russ> Steve asked the authors to describe

    Russ>        1.  which attacks are out of scope (and why!)  2.
    Russ> which attacks are in-scope 2.1 and the protocol is
    Russ> susceptible to 2.2 and the protocol protects against

    Russ> This is better than us each making our own assessment of the
    Russ> hash function security requirements.

I didn't see that request but I think it is a fine direction.

Honestly though the authors seem more upset about agility than about
md5.  I think we're certain we want agility.


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