Re: [Cfrg] RFCs for wider-block RC6 and OCB

"Blumenthal, Uri - 0553 - MITLL" <uri@ll.mit.edu> Tue, 16 October 2018 14:18 UTC

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From: "Blumenthal, Uri - 0553 - MITLL" <uri@ll.mit.edu>
To: Ted Krovetz <ted@krovetz.net>
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Subject: Re: [Cfrg] RFCs for wider-block RC6 and OCB
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I think these drafts, especially the OCB one, for be sponsored by the CFRG.

I'd be willing to review the OCB draft.

Regards,
Uri

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> On Oct 16, 2018, at 10:03, Ted Krovetz <ted@krovetz.net> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> About six months ago I put together an Internet-Draft that specified how to use the authenticated-encryption algorithm OCB and a block cipher without 128-bit blocks. This was in response to a few researchers and developers who had expressed interest in such a thing. As an exemplar I wrote RC6 (and RC5) code and an Internet-Draft for block lengths other than originally intended.
> 
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-krovetz-ocb-wideblock/
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-krovetz-rc6-rc5-vectors/
> 
> My question for CFRG is whether I should pursue these RFCs through the Independent submission channel, or whether there is interest within CFRG to review and/or sponsor the drafts.
> 
> Thank you,
> Ted Krovetz
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