Re: draft-harris-ssh-arcfour-fixes-02: informational or proposed?

[Keith Moore <moore at cs.utk.edu>]

> The argument in favor of publishing this document at proposed is that
> the existing arcfour cipher is part of a standard and that many other
> IETF protocols use rc4 in standards track documents.

previous mistakes are not valid justifications for new mistakes.
previous accidents are not valid justifications for deliberately weakening
new products.

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