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Re: [TLS] Deprecating RC4 (was: draft-ietf-tls-encrypt-then-mac)

Geoffrey Keating <geoffk@geoffk.org> Fri, 11 April 2014 21:32 UTC

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Subject: Re: [TLS] Deprecating RC4 (was: draft-ietf-tls-encrypt-then-mac)
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Eric Rescorla <ekr@rtfm.com> writes:

> Folks,
> 
> Andrei Popov has refreshed his draft on deprecating RC4:
> 
> http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-popov-tls-prohibiting-rc4-02
> 
> There was significant WG support for this draft previously and
> then the discussion migrated to UTA where it does not seem
> to be terminating.
> 
> The chairs would like to hear from WG members whether they
> support adoption of this draft in TLS. While this is not a formal
> call for adoption, if we get strong support we will immediately
> move for adoption, so now is a good time to raise any
> objections you have.

I support adoption of this draft.

I'd like to see other stream ciphers standardised as replacements, but
even if there are none, I would still support the draft.

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