Re: so why is IETF stilling adding DES to protocols? (Re: It's official... DES is History)

[Ben Laurie]

Adam Back wrote:
> > I presume that the TLS WG is planning to use DES to replace the RC4
> > 40 bit cipher that was used for export compliance.
> 
> I saw no indication that this was the case, though this sounds better
> than just adding DES and leaving all the 40 bit ciphersuites intact
> which looks like what the current plan is by my reading.

There's no indication either way, since the new ciphersuites are a
standalone I-D, not a modification to TLS.

Cheers,

Ben.

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