Re: [sasl] MOGGIES Proposed Charter
Arnt Gulbrandsen <arnt@gulbrandsen.priv.no> Sat, 22 May 2010 09:22 UTC
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From: Arnt Gulbrandsen <arnt@gulbrandsen.priv.no>
To: Nicolas Williams <Nicolas.Williams@oracle.com>
Subject: Re: [sasl] MOGGIES Proposed Charter
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Nicolas Williams writes: > Let me refine my problem with numeric measures of cryptographic > strength in APIs. There are two. First, what's better in a UI (I'm > betting API particulars will leak into UIs)? As (mostly former) UI-head: Numbers are better than magic constants. Magic constants have a way of getting into a fight with UI translation. There are good ways to handle magic constants, but errare humanum est, programmers are human, and my impression is that magic constants are associated with more UI snafus than numbers. > Second, do we want to encourage users and/or developers to make > relative cipher suite strength comparisons? Other than "Pick the best?" Arnt
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