Re: [Cfrg] RE: Where's the beef?
"Stephen Sprunk" <ssprunk@cisco.com> Sun, 01 September 2002 19:17 UTC
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From: Stephen Sprunk <ssprunk@cisco.com>
To: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@research.att.com>, Alex Alten <Alten@attbi.com>
Cc: "David A. Mcgrew" <mcgrew@cisco.com>, cfrg@ietf.org, Ran Canetti <canetti@watson.ibm.com>
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Subject: Re: [Cfrg] RE: Where's the beef?
Date: Sun, 01 Sep 2002 13:42:42 -0500
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Thus spake "Alex Alten" <Alten@attbi.com> > Anyway thanks for the plain speaking. I was speaking from my own experience > developing custom cryptographic algorithms. I am no cryptanalyst, and I have > come to deeply respect the analysis of people I do not ever see participating > in our efforts here. My concern was that we would not get the best advice > if we could not pay for it. You have stated otherwise. So be it. > > But we have been sidetracked by this issue--I should not have pursued it > with David M. > > What I really want to understand is what is this RG's practical role? > (Jim H's somewhat pessimistic viewpoint seems to cut close to the bone.) > > Of particular interest to me is can it design custom cryptography to meet > the particular needs of a WG? Experience shows that "custom cryptography" is a bad idea because it doesn't have the benefit of extensive public review. I doubt we could pay for the sort of analysis that the AES contest got for free -- and that will continue on as long as Rijndael is in use. CFRG's purpose, in my understanding, is to evaluate the known cryptosystems out there, determine which ones can benefit the IETF, perform whatever IP-specific modification or analysis is necessary, and publish Informational RFCs to be used as normative references in IETF standard protocols. S _______________________________________________ Cfrg mailing list Cfrg@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/cfrg
- [Cfrg] Where's the beef? Alex Alten
- [Cfrg] RE: Where's the beef? David A. Mcgrew
- [Cfrg] RE: Where's the beef? Alex Alten
- [Cfrg] RE: Where's the beef? David A. Mcgrew
- Re: [Cfrg] RE: Where's the beef? David Wagner
- [Cfrg] RE: Where's the beef? Alex Alten
- Re: [Cfrg] RE: Where's the beef? Jim Hughes
- Re: [Cfrg] RE: Where's the beef? Alex Alten
- Re: [Cfrg] RE: Where's the beef? Steven M. Bellovin
- Re: [Cfrg] RE: Where's the beef? The Purple Streak, Hilarie Orman
- Re: [Cfrg] RE: Where's the beef? Alex Alten
- Re: [Cfrg] RE: Where's the beef? (for Steve B.) Alex Alten
- Re: [Cfrg] RE: Where's the beef? Stephen Sprunk
- Re: [Cfrg] RE: Where's the beef? Alex Alten
- Re: [Cfrg] RE: Where's the beef? David Wagner
- RE: [Cfrg] RE: Where's the beef? Hallam-Baker, Phillip
- Re: [Cfrg] RE: Where's the beef? Alex Alten