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Re: [CFRG] Adoption Call: Guidelines for Writing Cryptography Specifications

"Riad S. Wahby" <rsw@jfet.org> Fri, 02 June 2023 16:24 UTC

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Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2023 12:23:59 -0400
From: "Riad S. Wahby" <rsw@jfet.org>
To: John Mattsson <john.mattsson=40ericsson.com@dmarc.ietf.org>
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Subject: Re: [CFRG] Adoption Call: Guidelines for Writing Cryptography Specifications
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I also support adoption!

John Mattsson <john.mattsson=40ericsson.com@dmarc.ietf.org> wrote:
> * is not the multiplication symbol. It is an asterisk. The only time
> an asterisk is acceptable is when writing on a typewriter. I think
> specifications should use the dot sign ⋅ (U+2022).

At the risk of sound like a dinosaur: ASCII is awesome.

-=rsw

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