Re: [rtcweb] Apparently TLS is IPR-encumbered

Stephen Farrell <stephen.farrell@cs.tcd.ie> Tue, 26 November 2013 23:38 UTC

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Subject: Re: [rtcweb] Apparently TLS is IPR-encumbered
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On 11/26/2013 11:22 PM, Martin Thomson wrote:
> On 26 November 2013 15:14, Stephen Farrell <stephen.farrell@cs.tcd.ie> wrote:
>> This WG could well select some
>> ciphersuites that you like better
> 
> DTLS doesn't use RC4.  It's a little tricky dealing with a stream
> cipher in datagram mode.

Sorry yes, I meant that even if rtcweb don't like the generic
BCP stuff that TLS (or UTA) does, for (D)TLS this wg can always
pick its own preferred ciphersuites.

S.

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