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Re: [dsfjdssdfsd] Any plans for drafts or discussions on here?

Donald Eastlake <d3e3e3@gmail.com> Wed, 22 January 2014 18:13 UTC

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Hi Paul,

> Paul Hoffman (at Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 2:28:26 AM):
>> It still feels very wrong
>> for us to be suggesting to application developers that they should
>> be doing their own randomness; they should be asking their OS unless
>> they are experts, and those experts don't need an RFC.

I don't understand why you think having an RFC means that applications
developers are supposed to implement what is described in that RFC.
The IETF does lots of non-application level RFCs. I don't agree that
it is clear who is an expert in this area. I don't agree that any
person believed to be an expert will, in the absence of documentation,
know or take into account all the aspects of what might be called best
current practice in this area. IETF specifications that call for
quantities unpredictable by adversaries need to reference something.
Should they just reference the NIST documents?

Thanks,
Donald
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