Re: [TLS] I-D Action: draft-ietf-tls-prohibiting-rc4-01.txt

"Salz, Rich" <rsalz@akamai.com> Wed, 22 October 2014 22:15 UTC

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From: "Salz, Rich" <rsalz@akamai.com>
To: Ryan Carboni <ryacko@gmail.com>, "tls@ietf.org" <tls@ietf.org>
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 18:15:36 -0400
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> RC4 should be fully deprecated... in 2020.

With all due respect, most cryptographers who work with the IETF disagree with you.

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