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Re: [TLS] Working Group Last Call for draft-ietf-tls-pwd

Douglas Stebila <stebila@qut.edu.au> Fri, 08 November 2013 06:50 UTC

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From: Douglas Stebila <stebila@qut.edu.au>
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I believe that where possible the IETF should aim to standardize cryptographic protocols that have provable security results.  Such proofs of course don't guarantee the protocol is secure in all scenarios, but at least rule out some classes of attacks.  In the field of password authenticated key exchange, there are many provably secure protocols, and so it would be preferable to see one such protocol adopted.

Douglas


On Nov 8, 2013, at 2:11 AM, Joseph Salowey (jsalowey) <jsalowey@cisco.com> wrote:

> This is the beginning of the working group last call for  draft-ietf-tls-pwd-01.   The underlying cryptographic protocol for TLS-PWD has been reviewed by the IRTF CFRG group with satisfactory results.  The document needs particular attention paid to the integration of this mechanism into the TLS protocol.   Please send comments to the TLS list by December 2, 2013.  
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