On 30 October 2016 at 08:37, XMPP Extensions Editor <[email protected]> wrote: > This message constitutes notice of a Last Call for comments on XEP-0300 (Use > of Cryptographic Hash Functions in XMPP). > > Abstract: This document provides recommendations for the use of cryptographic > hash functions in XMPP protocol extensions. > > URL: http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0300.html > > This Last Call begins today and shall end at the close of business on > 2016-11-12. > > Please consider the following questions during this Last Call and send your > feedback to the [email protected] discussion list: > > 1. Is this specification needed to fill gaps in the XMPP protocol stack or to > clarify an existing protocol? > 2. Does the specification solve the problem stated in the introduction and > requirements? > 3. Do you plan to implement this specification in your code? If not, why not? > 4. Do you have any security concerns related to this specification? > 5. Is the specification accurate and clearly written? > > Your feedback is appreciated! > _______________________________________________ > Standards mailing list > Info: https://mail.jabber.org/mailman/listinfo/standards > Unsubscribe: [email protected] > _______________________________________________
4.3: > The currently known best attack against the pre-image resistance property of > the MD5 algorithm is slightly better than the generic attack and was released > 2009 [6]. I don't like the phrasing "currently"; better to say "As of 2016". 4.5: > In fall 2015 Using seasons makes for much ambiguity. Please just use a date instead. 5. > The current plan is to move SHA-1 to a SHOULD NOT, SHA-256, SHA3-256 and > BLAKE2b256 to MUST, and SHA-512, SHA3-512, and BLAKE2b512 to SHOULD by the > end of 2016. Isn't it very close to the end of 2016 already? Why hasn't this happended. See also "current" _______________________________________________ Standards mailing list Info: https://mail.jabber.org/mailman/listinfo/standards Unsubscribe: [email protected] _______________________________________________
