RE: Etag in nonce

Dave Kristol wrote:
>2) <http://www.ics.uci.edu/pub/ietf/http/hypermail/1998q2/0035.html>
>
>Recommending that the (Digest) nonce include Etag seems like a bad
>idea -- it makes the nonce non-reusable for other entities.

I think that allowing, but not recommending, the Etag in the nonce is
the best course.  There is some (slight?) security gain by doing so, but
with the major disadvantage of non-reusability.  (This should likely be
documented...)
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Mark Leighton Fisher          Thomson Consumer Electronics
fisherm@indy.tce.com          Indianapolis, IN
"Browser Torture Specialist, First Class"

Received on Thursday, 14 May 1998 07:25:51 UTC