[114495] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Re: questions on RFC2631 and DH key agreement
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (' =JeffH ')
Sat Feb 2 12:53:43 2008
To: "Ali, Saqib" <docbook.xml@gmail.com>
cc: cryptography@metzdowd.com, "=JeffH" <Jeff.Hodges@kingsmountain.com>
In-reply-to: "Ali, Saqib" <docbook.xml@gmail.com> 's message of
Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:21:55 -0800
Reply-to: ' =JeffH ' <Jeff.Hodges@KingsMountain.com>
From: ' =JeffH ' <Jeff.Hodges@KingsMountain.com>
Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2008 20:03:23 -0800
docbook.xml@gmail.com said:
> http://www.xml-dev.com/blog/index.php?action=viewtopic&id=196
thanks, but that doesn't actually answer my first question. It only documents
that a and b (alice and bob) arrive at the ZZ value independently. My question
is actually concerning section 2.1.2 "Generation of Keying Material" in
RFC2631. My interpretation is that both parties are expected to generate
"keying material" per that section on their own, rather than one party doing
so and transmitting the results to the other party. This may seem obvious to
those steeped in the tradition here, but it perhaps isn't to outsiders (i have
a foot in both worlds).
thanks,
=JeffH
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