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Using Context Labels for Domain Separation of Cryptographic Objects
draft-thomson-saag-context-labels-00

Document Type Expired Internet-Draft (individual)
Authors Martin Thomson , Daniel Kahn Gillmor , Benjamin Kaduk
Last updated 2016-11-21 (Latest revision 2016-05-20)
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This Internet-Draft is no longer active. A copy of the expired Internet-Draft can be found at:
https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-thomson-saag-context-labels-00.txt

Abstract

A single cryptographic key is sometimes relied upon to produce muliple cryptographic artifacts that each have different semantics. This produces a potential problem whereby artifacts with different intended uses can be confused. The addition of context labels removes this problem.

Authors

Martin Thomson
Daniel Kahn Gillmor
Benjamin Kaduk

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