Re: [TLS] Last Call: <draft-kanno-tls-camellia-00.txt> (Addition of the Camellia Cipher Suites to Transport Layer Security (TLS)) to Informational RFC

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On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 7:35 AM, Satoru Kanno
<kanno.satoru@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> I see that this document defines ciphersuites with a PRF based on
>> SHA384... However it does not specify the verify_data_length, thus
>> the default value of 12 applies, and the SHA384 PRF is being truncated
>> to 96 bits. Is this intentional? If yes, then what is the purpose to
>> use the SHA384 as PRF?
> Hi Nikos,
> Thank you for your comment.
> I think that the verify_data_length with a PRF based on
> SHA384 is specified in RFC5246.
> As a result, I refer to RFC5246 as well as other documents( e.g., RFC5289,
> RFC5487, and draft-nsri-tls-aria etc.,) in our document.
> I think that your comment is not only our draft but all documents specifying
> the PRF base on SHA384 for TLS.

Yours was the first document I noticed to use SHA384 as PRF. If there
are other documents that specify that, and don't set the verify_data_length
size then it applies to those as well. (just noticed that applies to RFC5288
as well).

regards,
Nikos
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