Re: [TLS] draft-ietf-tls-psk-new-mac-aes-gcm-01 : portfolio question

[Peter Gutmann <pgut001 at cs.auckland.ac.nz>]

"Blumenthal, Uri" <uri at ll.mit.edu> writes:

>The biggest reason for keeping SHA-384 is its presence in the Suite B
>standard.

Argh, #&^$#*( Suite B again.  Couldn't we just firewall Suite B into its own
private corner for the USG to play with and not bother the rest of the world?
What makes the USG so special that it gets its oddball stuff included in
everything?  Why not GOST, or SEED, or SMS4, or Camellia, or whatever pet
algorithms other governments want to play with this week?

>I'll leave alone my personal opinion of this particular hash,

Well I've never been afraid to share my personal opinions with everyone :-).

Peter.

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