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Re: [Cfrg] RG Last Call - draft-irtf-cfrg-ocb-00

Jon Callas <jon@callas.org> Mon, 11 February 2013 20:12 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Cfrg] RG Last Call - draft-irtf-cfrg-ocb-00
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On Feb 11, 2013, at 8:44 AM, "Blumenthal, Uri - 0558 - MITLL" <uri@ll.mit.edu> wrote:

> * PGP - S/MIME Signed by an unverified key: 02/11/2013 at 08:44:19 AM
> 
> License 1 is Open Source, and A may not be a Corp (like PGP, Inc. is). And
> if (for example) I were to develop and release some free code - I sure
> wouldn't want to throw cash at this problem.

Sure, but accurate documentation of a protocol for the purposes of interoperability is orthogonal to suitability for a given business purpose.

As a standards body, we're interested in the first. Obviously, if something is so dodgy in the second that we'd be wasting our time, then there's no need to waste our time. Saying that we're not interested and call us back in 2021 is not a horrible position. Given that OCB is already used in a number of places and that we're seeing movement towards liberalization of licensing, I think going forward with the draft is a good thing. 

Me -- I would like to use OCB, and am presently using CCM because of the licensing. I am hopeful that we could discuss the use strictly on technical merits.

	Jon



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