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RE: [Cfrg] Fwd: [saag] [Sam Hartman]draft-harris-ssh-arcfour-fixes-02: informational or proposed?

pgut001@cs.auckland.ac.nz (Peter Gutmann) Thu, 02 June 2005 07:47 UTC

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To: ggr@qualcomm.com, mcgrew@cisco.com, uri.blumenthal@intel.com
Subject: RE: [Cfrg] Fwd: [saag] [Sam Hartman]draft-harris-ssh-arcfour-fixes-02: informational or proposed?
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"Blumenthal, Uri" <uri.blumenthal@intel.com> writes:

>I support Greg's position.

<AOL>Me too</AOL>.  Or at best it should be published with a strong disclaimer
that it's only for legacy purposes and shouldn't be used in any new apps.  I
realise it's used in various IETF standards, but only for legacy reasons, the
weaknesses should really be addressed by dropping it, not with turd-polishing.

Peter.

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