Re: [AVTCORE] Suite B Profile for DTLS-SRTP Internet-Draft

[Glen Zorn <[e-mail]>]

On 6/1/2011 3:09 PM, Magnus Westerlund wrote:

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> My immediate reaction is if one can define profiles that are not SuiteB
> but use the same encryption and authentication algorithm so they are bit
> compatible, but not policy compatible?

My understanding is that Suite B is all about policy & packaging; no new
algorithms are defined (thankfully!).

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> Independent I think you need to make it clear in the document that
> SuiteB does contain these policy rules.

I don't really understand this comment: the very first sentence of the
Abstract says The United States government has published guidelines for
"NSA Suite B Cryptography", which defines cryptographic algorithm policy
for national security applications.
^^^^^^

I don't know how it could be made much clearer or more obvious.

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