Re: [babel] Minor clarification to HMAC

Mahesh Jethanandani <mjethanandani@gmail.com> Sun, 30 June 2019 04:21 UTC

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Subject: Re: [babel] Minor clarification to HMAC
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> On Jun 29, 2019, at 11:14 AM, Juliusz Chroboczek <jch@irif.fr> wrote:
> 
> (I'm tempted to follow Mahesh's advice, and rewrite the last two
> paragraphs of the Security Considerations section with reference to
> RFC 4987.  Advice?)

Yes, I think it would be helpful.

Thanks.

Mahesh Jethanandani
mjethanandani@gmail.com