Eric Rescorla <[email protected]> writes:

> - ECDH_anon with P256 and Curve25519
> - AES_128_GCM; AES_256_GCM; ChaCha/Poly1305

This is a naive question, but could we get some guidance from the powers
that be on what ciphers are and are not appropriate for an experimental
TCPINC protocol document?

Technically, Curve25519 and ChaCha/Poly1305 both seem like fine options.
Tcpcrypt was even using Poly1305 in an earlier version (I can't remember
if it ever made it into one of our drafts).  We removed it from fear
that this would cause standardization issues.  It seems Curve25519 is
still an internet draft with informational status, while RFC7539 is an
informational RFC.  Is it inappropriate for an experimental TCPINC
protocol document to depend on informational RFCs?

In order to ensure an apples-to-apples comparison between tcpcrypt and
TCP-use-TLS, I'd like to suggest that we at least attempt to agree on
one or two initial cipher suites for both protocols to support.

David

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