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Re: [vwrap] authentication : remove reference to MD5

Peter Saint-Andre <stpeter@stpeter.im> Tue, 06 April 2010 18:01 UTC

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Subject: Re: [vwrap] authentication : remove reference to MD5
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On 4/6/10 8:19 AM, Meadhbh Hamrick wrote:
> okay.
> 
> if we're going to remove VWRAP from all current implementations,

What does that mean? I thought we were trying to build VWRAP into
implementations, not rip it out. :)

> i
> vote we remove MD5 from the auth spec and replace it with a MIC with
> better security properties, like SHA224 or SHA256.

+1 to more secure authentication.

My quick reading of the authentication draft led me to think that it
needed a thorough review, but unfortunately I haven't had time to do
that yet.

Peter

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