RE: [legalxml-enotary] Groups - May 21, 2009 Technical Committee Minutes=?UTF-8?Q?=28=32=30=30=39=5F=30=35=5F=32=31=20Minutes=20of=20eNotarizatio?==?UTF-8?Q?n=20TC=2Edoc=29=20modified?=

["John Messing" <jmessing@law-on-line.com>]

My chief concern about DES is that it was broken in a highly publicized
contest through the EFF about 11-12 years ago, so it has a little bit of
a tarnish to it.

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> Subject: RE: [legalxml-enotary] Groups - May 21, 2009 Technical
> Committee Minutes (2009_05_21 Minutes of eNotarization TC.doc) modified
> From: "Rolly Chambers" <rolly.chambers@penryriemann.com>
> Date: Wed, May 27, 2009 8:42 am
> To: "John Messing" <jmessing@law-on-line.com>, <mladd@pria.us>
> Cc: <legalxml-enotary@lists.oasis-open.org>
> 
> 
> Hi John -
> 
> Dr. Leff's proposal is for a basic demo of symmetric key example, but we
> have reached no decision about it as a TC. DES was discussed simply
> because it is older and well-known. I doubt there would be much
> controversy about using a different public domain symmetric key cipher
> if the TC prefers.
> 
> Of course, since the proposal is for a basic demo of ENML, it might make
> some sense to stick with DES for purposes of a demo and leave it to
> other developers to substitute a more modern symmetric cipher in their
> applications.
> 
> Sorry we missed you. Hope you'll be available for the next call on
> 6/18/09.
> 
> Regards.
> 
> Rolly Chambers
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Messing [mailto:jmessing@law-on-line.com] 
> Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 11:20 AM
> To: mladd@pria.us
> Cc: legalxml-enotary@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: RE: [legalxml-enotary] Groups - May 21, 2009 Technical
> Committee Minutes (2009_05_21 Minutes of eNotarization TC.doc) modified
> 
> Comment on the minutes of May 21.
> 
> Sorry I was not able to be on the call. I was on a transatlantic flight
> yesterday.
> 
> With regard to Dr. Leff's proposal, to my understanding DES is a
> symmetric encryption algorithm. See
> http://en.kioskea.net/contents/crypto/des.php3
> 
> It would therefore seem to fall within the symmetric key examples
> developed by Arshad for the TC, depending on the details of the
> implementation that is undertaken. Given that there are faster more
> modern and secure symmetric ciphers such as AES that are in the public
> domain, I am curious why DES would be the cipher of choice for the
> project.
> 
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> > Minutes (2009_05_21 Minutes of   eNotarization TC.doc) modified
> > From: mladd@pria.us
> > Date: Fri, May 22, 2009 7:28 am
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