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

Juliusz Chroboczek <jch@irif.fr> Mon, 23 December 2019 23:50 UTC

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