Re: [AVT] RTP: Confidentiality mechanisms

[Colin Perkins <csp@csperkins.org>]

--> Stephen Casner writes:
>On Tue, 7 Jan 2003, Colin Perkins wrote:
>
>> Looks reasonable. I suggest a small addition to the second change, to
>> indicate that stronger security is under development.
>[snip]
>> >NEW ADDITION:
>> >   In particular, an AES
>> >   profile taking into account known plaintext and CBC plaintext
>> >   manipulation concerns will be the correct choice in future.
>>                          ^ is under development, and
>
>These wording I showed was verbatim from the message Allison sent
>requesting these changes.  I'm not sure to what she was referring, but
>I interpreted "profile" to be in the AES domain, not RTP domain.  If
>that's correct, then I don't think your addition is needed.
>
>I'm guessing from your comment that you interpret this as referring to
>the SRTP profile, but that is really past development, except perhaps
>for tweaks for IESG approval.  If SRTP is indeed what Allison meant as
>well, then I think we should refer to it by name.

I assumed SRTP was meant, and would be happy for it to be referenced by
name (provided it is completed in time).

Colin
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