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Pre-Shared Key Cipher Suites for TLS with SHA-256/384 and AES Galois Counter Mode
draft-ietf-tls-psk-new-mac-aes-gcm-05

Yes

(Pasi Eronen)

No Objection

(Cullen Jennings)
(Dan Romascanu)
(David Ward)
(Jari Arkko)
(Jon Peterson)
(Lisa Dusseault)
(Magnus Westerlund)
(Mark Townsley)
(Ron Bonica)
(Ross Callon)

Note: This ballot was opened for revision 05 and is now closed.

Pasi Eronen Former IESG member
Yes
Yes () Unknown

                            
Chris Newman Former IESG member
No Objection
No Objection (2009-01-28) Unknown
It would be helpful to add an informative reference to a definition of
the term "Perfect Forward Secrecy."  That term has a technical meaning
that may differ from a layman's interpretation of the words.  RFC 4949
may be a suitable reference.
Cullen Jennings Former IESG member
No Objection
No Objection () Unknown

                            
Dan Romascanu Former IESG member
No Objection
No Objection () Unknown

                            
David Ward Former IESG member
No Objection
No Objection () Unknown

                            
Jari Arkko Former IESG member
No Objection
No Objection () Unknown

                            
Jon Peterson Former IESG member
No Objection
No Objection () Unknown

                            
Lisa Dusseault Former IESG member
No Objection
No Objection () Unknown

                            
Magnus Westerlund Former IESG member
No Objection
No Objection () Unknown

                            
Mark Townsley Former IESG member
No Objection
No Objection () Unknown

                            
Ron Bonica Former IESG member
No Objection
No Objection () Unknown

                            
Ross Callon Former IESG member
No Objection
No Objection () Unknown

                            
Russ Housley Former IESG member
No Objection
No Objection (2009-01-28) Unknown
  The Gen-ART Review by Robert Sparks posted on 22-Jan-2009
  raised a few editorial comments that ought to be addressed:

  1) In the applicability statement, consider pointing to (or moving
  forward) the statement in 4279.

  2) The IANA considerations section should name the registry (btw -  
  where are the instructions to IANA on how to choose the next numbers?)
Tim Polk Former IESG member
No Objection
No Objection (2009-01-27) Unknown
I don't quite follow the second paragraph of the security considerations:

   As described in [RFC5288], the cipher suites defined in the Section
   2 of this document may only be used with TLS 1.2 or greater. The
   cipher suites defined in the Section 3 may be used, whatever the
   negotiated TLS version is.

Is the point that cipher suites defined in section 3 provide slightly more cryptographic
security if version 1.2 has been negotiated, since we are using a stronger hash in the
PRF?  As written, this paragraph restates an interoperability issue (already rasied in 1.1) 
rather than  a security consideration.