> In fact, I think there are already FAR too many algorithms, > variations, etc., in the S/MIME standard as > it is, and to virtually no good purpose that I can see. Yes! As long as there is a strong enough free cipher in there, everybody should be happy. Maybe another one to choose from, and yes, as AES becomes a standard, there will be a need to add it(them). What do the ton's of ciphersuites in TLS buy us if there are major vendors only supporting the RSA ones and all the products need to be able to talk to them? Yes, we can say "all ciphersuites implemented in our toolkit"! Peter ______________________________________ Dr. Peter Lipp IAIK, TU Graz Inffeldgasse 16a, A-8010 Graz, Austria Tel: +43 316 873 5513 Fax: +43 316 873 5520 Web: www.iaik.at
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