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Re: [TLS] RC4 Considered Harmful (Was: RC4 deprecation path)

"Salz, Rich" <rsalz@akamai.com> Wed, 23 April 2014 18:12 UTC

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From: "Salz, Rich" <rsalz@akamai.com>
To: "Paterson, Kenny" <Kenny.Paterson@rhul.ac.uk>
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 14:12:34 -0400
Thread-Topic: [TLS] RC4 Considered Harmful (Was: RC4 deprecation path)
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Thanks for posting; it's great to have a cryptographer weigh in.

So, at the risk of putting you on the spot:  what do you think we (TLS-WG) should do?


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