Re: [Technical Errata Reported] RFC5084 (4774)

On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 2:27 PM, Russ Housley <[email protected]> wrote:

> Quan:
>
> I do not think that we can change the DEFAULT value associated with these
>> OIDs.  Changing the meaning of an absent aes-ICVlen will result in too many
>> interoperability problems.
>>
>
> Yeah, I'm aware of it and I understand your concern.
>
>
>>  However, we could put out a very short RFC that updates RFC 5084 to
>> recommend the use of 16 octet authentication tags in all situations.
>>
>
> Thanks for doing this :) It's SGTM.
>
>
> Are you willing to help write?
>

If you need opinion or having (security-wised) questions, I'm here to
answer yours. I can't help with writing because English is not my native
language and I'm not good at writing English ( this is the skill that I'm
trying to improve).

>
> Russ
>

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