Re: des-cbc cipher

[Markus Friedl <markus%openbsd.org@localhost>]

On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 02:39:42PM -0500, RJ Atkinson wrote:
> At 12:00 29/11/01, Niels Möller wrote:
> >If you (or anybody else) really needs des-cbc, write up a document
> >that defines "des-cbc%ssh.com@localhost" or "des-cbc%inet.org@localhost", and if you like,
> >add a paragraph on bug compatibility that mentions that some existing
> >implementations use the name "des-cbc" for the same thing.
> 
> What's needed is to document that using "des-cbc" (not "des-cbc@domain")
> is permitted, but not required of anyone, and that using that token
> (not the "des-cbc@domain" token) for that purpose does not make an
> existing implementation non-compliant with the standards.

no, "des-cbc" was never permitted, i checked:
	draft-ietf-secsh-transport-00.txt
	draft-ietf-secsh-transport-01.txt
	draft-ietf-secsh-transport-02.txt
	draft-ietf-secsh-transport-03.txt
	draft-ietf-secsh-transport-04.txt
	draft-ietf-secsh-transport-05.txt
	draft-ietf-secsh-transport-06.txt
	draft-ietf-secsh-transport-07.txt
	draft-ietf-secsh-transport-08.txt
	draft-ietf-secsh-transport-09.txt
	draft-ietf-secsh-transport-10.txt
	draft-ietf-secsh-transport-11.txt

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