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Re: [babel] 6126bis: implementing Babel-MAC is RECOMMENDED

"STARK, BARBARA H" <bs7652@att.com> Fri, 27 December 2019 14:52 UTC

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From: "STARK, BARBARA H" <bs7652@att.com>
To: 'Donald Eastlake' <d3e3e3@gmail.com>, 'Juliusz Chroboczek' <jch@irif.fr>
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Subject: Re: [babel] 6126bis: implementing Babel-MAC is RECOMMENDED
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I agree -- with the change and with what Donald said.
Barbara

> -----Original Message-----
> From: babel <babel-bounces@ietf.org> On Behalf Of Donald Eastlake
> Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2019 10:59 AM
> To: Juliusz Chroboczek <jch@irif.fr>
> Cc: David Schinazi <dschinazi.ietf@gmail.com>; Babel at IETF
> <babel@ietf.org>
> Subject: Re: [babel] 6126bis: implementing Babel-MAC is RECOMMENDED
> 
> Hi Juliusz,
> 
> Season's Greetings!
> 
> Speaking just as a member of the WG, I think this is a reasonable minor
> change. As you point out, use of Babel-MAC was recommended when it
> provided the security features needed so it seems reasonable to
> RECOMMEND its implementation.
> 
> Thanks,
> Donald
> ===============================
>  Donald E. Eastlake 3rd   +1-508-333-2270 (cell)
>  2386 Panoramic Circle, Apopka, FL 32703 USA  d3e3e3@gmail.com
> 
> On Mon, Dec 23, 2019 at 6:50 PM Juliusz Chroboczek <jch@irif.fr> wrote:
> >
> > >     Every implementation of Babel SHOULD implement BABEL-MAC.
> >
> > I'm realising that this may seem somewhat cryptic to those of you who
> > haven't been following the ongoing discussion with the IESG.
> >
> > Babel-MAC is already the RECOMMENDED cryptographic protection
> mechanism.
> > However, there's no normative language that recommends implementing
> > Babel-MAC.  This merely adds a recommendation for implementers, as
> > opposed to network administrators (who are already encouraged to deploy
> Babel-MAC).
> >
> > -- Juliusz
> >
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