Re: TLS 1.0 "draft-ietf-tls-protocol-01.txt" Now Available

Eric Murray wrote:
> 
> Tom Libert writes:
>>
>> At 08:55 AM 3/7/97 -0500, David P. Kemp wrote:
>>>  I noticed that the draft still contains references to
>>> ciphersuites including the unpublished algorithms RC2 and RC4.
>>
>> I believe RC2 is still a trade secret, but RC4 was leaked to the
>> Cypherpunks list in September, '94.  The algorithm is described in
>> Chapter 17 of Bruce Schneier's "Applied Cryptography", 2ed.
> 
> Why don't we add some Blowfish CipherSuites?
> It's a published (and public domain!) algorithim.

I'd like to see some Blowfish cipher suites, but I'm against adding
anything to the list until it's turned over to the IANA.  I'd rather
see any energy focused in that direction.

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Received on Friday, 7 March 1997 17:05:03 UTC