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Re: [TLS] Consensus Call on MTI Algorithms

Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com> Thu, 02 April 2015 01:14 UTC

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Subject: Re: [TLS] Consensus Call on MTI Algorithms
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On 1 April 2015 at 17:46, Yaron Sheffer <yaronf.ietf@gmail.com> wrote:
> AES-256-GCM and SHA-384. Doesn't it make sense to have them as SHOULD,

I don't see much point.  All involved likely know if they need
something that strong, which is way down there in the "we might need
it someday" category [1].

[1] http://www.keylength.com/en/3/

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