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[Cfrg] Re: [saag] Cryptography Algorithm Choice

In message <p0611046bbd515aec9f1c at [10.20.30.249]>, Paul Hoffman / VPNC writes:
>The 
>waffly words in the IESG note do not say "SHOULD NOT", and the 
>prediction that "it is very likely that the IETF will deprecate the 
>use of ESP_DES as a mandatory cipher suite in the near future" never 
>came to pass.

Formally, no; in practice, IESG policy has been to require 3DES or AES
for quite some time.  SAAG had decided quite some time ago that it 
wanted to wait for AES before picking a new standard; that happend in 
October, 2000.  


		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb



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