Re: Last Call: draft-igoe-secsh-aes-gcm (AES Galois Counter Mode for

[Russ Housley <housley at vigilsec.com>]

I have three comments, none of them are show stoppers.

1) The Abstract includes a reference.  The RFC Editor will not allow 
it.  I suggest the following to resolve the concern:

     The Secure Shell (SSH) secure remote-login protocol is specified
     in RFC 4251.  SSH employs cryptographic algorithms to provide
     authentication, key agreement, confidentiality and data integrity.
     This document specifies the conventions for using AES-GCM
     (Advanced Encryption Standard used in Galois/Counter Mode) to
     provide both confidentiality and data integrity.

2)  The introduction should include references to AES and GCM.  There 
are already normative references to the needed documents, but the 
Introduction should really point to them.  I suggest:

   Galois/Counter Mode (GCM) [GCM] is a block cipher mode of operation that
   provides both confidentiality and data integrity services.  In 
this document, GCM
   is used with the block cipher defined in the  Advanced Encryption Standard
   (AES) [AES].  This document specifies the conventions for using AES-GCM
   to provide both confidentiality and data integrity in the Secure 
Shell Transport
   Layer Protocol [RFC4251].

3) Section 4 should have an introduction sentence that expands AEAD.

Thanks,
  Russ

> The IESG has received a request from an individual submitter to consider
> the following document:
>
> - 'AES Galois Counter Mode for the Secure Shell Transport Layer Protocol'
>    <draft-igoe-secsh-aes-gcm-00.txt> as an Informational RFC
>
> The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits
> final comments on this action.  Please send substantive comments to the
> ietf at ietf.org mailing lists by 2008-12-03. Exceptionally,
> comments may be sent to iesg at ietf.org instead. In either case, please
> retain the beginning of the Subject line to allow automated sorting.
>
> The file can be obtained via
> http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-igoe-secsh-aes-gcm-00.txt

_______________________________________________
Ietf mailing list
Ietf at ietf.org
https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf