[Pana] "PRF key" in RFC 5191 Section 8.5

Yoshihiro Ohba <yoshihiro.ohba@toshiba.co.jp> Mon, 21 January 2013 01:27 UTC

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Subject: [Pana] "PRF key" in RFC 5191 Section 8.5
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I got a question from my colleague about meaning of "PRF key" in the
following text in Section 8.5:

"
1. The PaC and the PAA each are likely to be able to compute a
random nonce (according to [RFC4086]). The length of the nonce
has to be 1/2 the length of the PRF key (e.g., 10 octets in the
case of HMAC-SHA1).

2. The PaC and the PAA each are not trusted with regard to the
computation of a random nonce (according to [RFC4086]). The
length of the nonce has to have the full length of the PRF key
(e.g., 20 octets in the case of HMAC-SHA1).
"

As far as I remember, "PRF key" means "output block of the negotiated
pseudo-random function used in prf+". So HMAC-SHA1 is prf, the output
block length is 20 octets.

Please let me know if you interpret "PRF key" in the above text in other
ways.

Best Regards,
Yoshihiro Ohba