Re: [hiprg] HIP DEX suggestion
Ed Beroset <beroset@mindspring.com> Thu, 04 August 2011 13:20 UTC
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From: Ed Beroset <beroset@mindspring.com>
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Subject: Re: [hiprg] HIP DEX suggestion
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Speaking of implementations, I have a suggestion about HIP DEX. Right now it specifies the use of AES-CBC but I would like to see if we could change that to either AES-CFB or AES-CTR. The reason is that for CBC, one must implement both the AES encrypt and decrypt functions. With CFB and CTR, one only need implement AES encrypt. This saves about 1.5k of code space on a typical small microprocessor for which HIP DEX is intended and has at least equivalent (and some say better) security properties. Ed Beroset
- Re: [hiprg] HIP DEX suggestion Ed Beroset
- Re: [hiprg] HIP DEX suggestion Robert Moskowitz