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

"Dan Harkins" <dharkins@lounge.org> Thu, 05 December 2013 18:24 UTC

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Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2013 10:24:02 -0800
From: Dan Harkins <dharkins@lounge.org>
To: Watson Ladd <watsonbladd@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [TLS] Working Group Last Call for draft-ietf-tls-pwd
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On Thu, December 5, 2013 9:41 am, Watson Ladd wrote:
> I disagree with the summary of my position.
> TlS-SRP is deployed and implemented now. It can be used freely by
> everyone, because the patent is freely licensed.
> It has been a part of the TLS standard for years.

  Your conclusion (you disagree with my summary of your position) is
logically disconnected from your premise (I never stated that TLS-SRP
was not deployed or implemented). In other words, you are demonstrating
the red herring fallacy.

> What does Dragonfly offer over J-PAKE? What does Dragonfly offer over
> SRP? Are these benefits worth losing the benefit of security proofs
> and years of analysis? And why isn't J-PAKE suitable for your usecase?

  I think you are mistaken. No one is proposing that we lose the benefits
or security proofs behind deployed and implemented security protocols.
This is not a zero sum game.

  Dan.

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