The IESG has approved the following document: - 'Security Implications of Using the Data Encryption Standard (DES) ' <draft-kelly-saag-des-implications-06.txt> as an Informational RFC This document has been reviewed in the IETF but is not the product of an IETF Working Group. The IESG contact person is Russ Housley. A URL of this Internet-Draft is: http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-kelly-saag-des-implications-06.txt Technical Summary Despite the fact that DES is susceptible to brute force attacks and has been deprecated, implementers continue to support it, sometimes as the default algorithm. RFC 4450 concluded that the Internet community would benefit from a document which explicitly spells out the security implications of using this algorithm. This document does just that. Working Group Summary This document is not a product of a Working Group. This document was announced on the SAAG mailing list, but there was no public discussion on that list. However, the author received a number of private comments, updating the document to address them. The document was reviewed at various stages by Paul Hoffman, Doug Whiting, Matt Curtin, Eric Rescorla, Bob Baldwin, and Yoav Nir. Protocol Quality This document was reviewed by Russ Housley for the IESG. _______________________________________________ IETF-Announce@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce
