RE: Early Draft Algorithms Section

I wish to simply agree with Blair, who said: 

> Consistent with Don's draft, I would like to see a small number of
> required algorithms as a basis for interop that are:
> 	- publically available and free of IP encumberances
> 	- represent standards or de-facto standards <skip>
> 	- have known performance characteristics
> 	- are useful by a fairly broad spectrum of applications
> 
> In response to an earlier question by Don, I do not see a need for a
> required stream cipher due to limited demand from application
> developers.  
> 
> I am strongly opposed to inclusion of a "laundry list" of optional
> algorithms in the specification. 

Best regards, 
Amir Herzberg
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Received on Sunday, 20 May 2001 01:49:50 UTC