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Re: [Acme] key agility?

Anders Rundgren <anders.rundgren.net@gmail.com> Fri, 19 December 2014 05:09 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Acme] key agility?
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On 2014-12-19 00:41, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 3:53 PM, Anders Rundgren <anders.rundgren.net@gmail.com <mailto:anders.rundgren.net@gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     With a multi-step protocol some kind of key agility should be possible to support.
>     The client could for example start with telling its preferences/capabilities.
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>     Anders
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> I do not know what you mean here.
>

The ability to negotiate client key algorithm.

Anders

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