Re: WG Chair Nits & start of WG Last Call: draft-ietf-secsh-publickeyfile-06.txt

[Joseph Galbraith <galb-list%vandyke.com@localhost>]

Bill Sommerfeld wrote:
> ok, so this is "mission creep", but from looking through the other
> expired drafts, it occurred to me that maybe the right thing to do with
> the expired (and tiny) draft-ietf-secsh-fingerprint-01.txt is to fold
> its content into this draft.
>
> http://tools.ietf.org/wg/secsh/draft-ietf-secsh-fingerprint/draft-ietf-secsh-fingerprint-01.txt
>
> though, given the current status of MD5 we need to defend its use in a
> security considerations section.
>
> we should note that (1) use of MD5 in this form is documents existing
> practice, (2) the MD5 property which we rely on is 2nd-preimage
> resistance, not collision-resistance.
>
> thoughts?

Done.

Should I hold off a while before assaulting the draft editor with
another version or repost now?

Thanks,

Joseph