[3384] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Re: key setup isn't important
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Bellovin)
Fri Sep 25 15:39:37 1998
To: "John Kelsey" <kelsey@plnet.net>
cc: perry@piermont.com, cryptography@c2.net
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 13:50:56 -0400
From: Steve Bellovin <smb@research.att.com>
In message <199809250100.UAA22416@email.plnet.net>, "John Kelsey" writes:
>
> Does it matter how large the key context is? Contrast something like
> 3DES
> or RC6 (with reasonably small key contexts) with something like
> Blowfish
> or SEAL (with enormous key contexts). I have seen systems for which
> huge
> key contexts were a big pain to handle. This may or may not be
> representative
> of IPSec applications in general.
There have already been complaints on the IPSEC list about how much
kernel storage certificates were taking up.
