On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 11:46 AM, Ben Laurie <[email protected]> wrote:

> Since a 6962-bis already exists
> (https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-trans-rfc6962-bis/) it
> would be better to comment on that. But I think all these comments
> apply anyway.
>
> On 10 March 2014 20:58, Phillip Hallam-Baker <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > 4) sha256_root_hash.
> >
> > Really? This should be an object that has an algorithm/data pair.
> Encoding
> > the algorithm into the tag is going to make algorithm agility hard.
>
> I agree about the name. Not sure I agree about agility. We don't think
> a log can change algorithm partway through - at least, we don't think
> we want to specify how.
>
> If you want a new algorithm, you start a new log.


But the digest algorithm has to be specified somewhere. Or how does the
client discover what it is?




-- 
Website: http://hallambaker.com/
_______________________________________________
Trans mailing list
[email protected]
https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/trans

Reply via email to