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

[Nicolas Williams <Nicolas.Williams%sun.com@localhost>]

On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 04:09:49PM -0400, der Mouse wrote:
> > It doesn't need to be ignored, but the order does matter.  AEAD-*
> > algorithms must appear first in the order list.
> 
> That's completely unextendable; what happens when another algorithm is
> added that also "must appear first"?

James is wrong.  There's no need to put AEAD ciphers first, unless, of
course, one prefers them.