I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-tls-ciphersuite-04.txt

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	Title		: AES Ciphersuites for TLS
	Author(s)	: P. Chown
	Filename	: draft-ietf-tls-ciphersuite-04.txt
	Pages		: 9
	Date		: 06-Jul-01
	
At present, the symmetric ciphers supported by TLS are RC2, RC4,
IDEA, DES and triple DES.  The protocol would be enhanced by the
addition of AES [AES] ciphersuites, for the following reasons:
1.  RC2, RC4 and IDEA are all subject to intellectual property
claims.  RSA Security Inc has trademark rights in the names RC2
and RC4, and claims that the RC4 algorithm itself is a trade
secret.  Ascom Systec Ltd owns a patent on the IDEA algorithm.
2.  Triple DES is much less efficient than more modern ciphers.
3.  Now the AES process is completed there will be commercial pres¡
sure to use the selected cipher.  The AES is efficient and has
withstood extensive cryptanalytic efforts.  The AES is
therefore a desirable choice.
4.  Currently the DHE ciphersuites only allow triple DES (along
with some ``export'' variants which offer reduced key lengths).
At the same time the DHE ciphersuites are the only ones to
offer forward secrecy.
This document proposes two new ciphersuites, with the aim of over¡
coming these problems.

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