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Re: Twofish
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On Wed, 13 Jan 1999 hal@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> Tony Mione, <mione@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, writes:
> > I would like to (if it is agreeable) add the concept of parameters for
> > symmetric algorithms to my v1.1 laundry list. It should probably be handled
> > in a similar fashion to the public-key parameters (for DSA, etc). This
> > would probably mean specifying an 'Enhanced symmetric-key encrypted
> > session-key packet' to replace the existing one but I will leave that up to
> > the group to hash out.
> >
> > Does this sound reasonable to people?
> OK, but as I said, there are three places (at least) where symmetric
> key algorithms are specified. In addition to the SKESK which you propose
> to enhance, there is the public-key ESK, and also there is the secret
> key packet where they are used to specify what algorithm encrypts the
> secret key data. So we would need perhaps three new packet formats.
I agree. I picked out the SKESK as an example but meant to state that all
places where symmetric keys are used would have to be reviewed and
enhanced. Thanks for clarifying that.
> Hal
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