Re: [TLS] integrity only ciphersuites

[Bill Frantz <[e-mail]>]

One area where there is a need for an integrity and 
authentication only suite is in amateur radio systems. In 
amateur radio, any encoding scheme which hides the meaning of a 
message is against the FCC regulations. However, remote control 
by radio could benefit from both integrity and authentication. 
The FCC regulations recognize this need and permit encryption of 
messages controlling amateur radio satellites.

Amateur radio digital protocols include some state of the art 
error detection and correction techniques, providing a kind of 
integrity, but they do not provide authentication. Amateurs have 
gotten by with a combination of very primitive authentication 
techniques and legal action after tracking attackers with radio 
direction finding.

While I'm not sure that this application area is important 
enough to be addressed by the TLS working group, if there are 
other application areas with similar needs, then perhaps these 
needs should be addressed.

Cheers - Bill

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