Re: [TLS] DSS with other than SHA-1 algorithms

[Daniel Kahn Gillmor <[e-mail]>]

On 04/29/2011 10:24 AM, Juho Vähä-Herttua wrote:
> Also, the term "Chinese-menu" is a word I haven't seen in any existing
> TLS related RFC, even though it is very widely used in your draft and
> related discussion. I think it would make sense to at least define the
> meaning of the word a bit more clearly if it is going to be used, but it
> might be worth changing it to something completely different. I for one
> have lived in China for some years and have always managed to agree on
> the menu and the details, so I believe at least the Chinese people might
> find it puzzling. Not to mention someone might even consider it
> offending...

I agree that this should be clarified, and the term possibly replaced
with something more suitable.  I think the sense that Gutmann is going
for here is something like  "a la carte" (if we want to stay in the
culinary metaphor) or "combinatorial explosion of possible parameters"
(if we want to be dry and technical about it).

	--dkg