Re: draft-gaonkar-radext-erp-attrs-03

Stefan Winter <stefan.winter@restena.lu> Thu, 20 March 2008 15:36 UTC

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From: Stefan Winter <stefan.winter@restena.lu>
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Subject: Re: draft-gaonkar-radext-erp-attrs-03
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Hi,

> There are really two questions -- (a) "is the algorithm and mode suitably
> strong?" and (b) "is it NIST-approved?"  The former is easier to satisfy.

could you give a short reminder on why this particular approval (NIST) is of 
crucial importance?

Thanks,

Stefan

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