Paul Hoffman wrote:
> At 5:40 PM +0000 2/12/06, Ben Laurie wrote:
>> It also defends against the MD5 crack, and is one
of the recommended
>> IETF solutions to hash problems.
>
> s/recommended/proposed/
>
> The IETF has not recommended any "solutions to
hash problems". The sense
> of the room at the Hash BOF and the SAAG discussion at
the Paris IETF
> meeting was that the IETF should *not* propose
solutions to the problem.
> That is why the BOF did not turn into a Working Group
and why there has
> been little discussion of the proposed solutions in the
relevant IETF
> working groups.
Agreed, I misspoke. I meant "proposed and not thought
to be a stupid idea".
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