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Re: [TLS] Last Call: <draft-kanno-tls-camellia-00.txt> (Additionx

2011-03-09 11:02:00
Martin Rex <mrex(_at_)sap(_dot_)com> writes:

Truncating the PRF output to 12 octets for TLSv1.2 seems like an error.

It's not an error, it's IPsec cargo cult design.  OK, using cargo cult design 
for a security protocol probably rates as an error, but the choice of exactly 
96 bits was deliberate rather than the full size was deliberate.

Peter.
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