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Re: applying AES-GCM to secure shell: proposed "tweak"



> Without offering a solution to the initial negotiation (all that I
> have seen so far a ugly), I would observe that rekex is far to
> expensive to be a good solution to this problem.

Agreed.  It's just the only solution I see that works within the
existing protocol.  (IMO the _right_ answer is to invent/design a
protocol that allows algorithms to be tied together for negotiation.)

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