Re: [TLS] PR#346: Individual traffic key generation

Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com> Tue, 17 November 2015 06:29 UTC

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Subject: Re: [TLS] PR#346: Individual traffic key generation
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On 16 November 2015 at 19:52, Eric Rescorla <ekr@rtfm.com> wrote:
>> I have to ask why the continued insistence on calling the thing that
>> forms part of the nonce an "IV".  I find it to be misleading.
>
>
> This is the historical terminology that TLS has used.

It was actually accurate when we were using CBC modes, but now it's
just confusing.