Re: Review of draft-zorn-radius-keywrap

[Alan DeKok <aland@deployingradius.com>]

Dan Harkins wrote:
>   I am not attempting to impress you, just to inform you. AES Key Wrap
> was not "invented solely for this specification".

  That's a straw man: quoting text out of context.

> It was developed by
> NIST and published in November of 2001. It has widespread use and has
> received cryptographic analysis. These statements are true whether the
> draft makes mention of them or not.

  It might be useful for the draft to reference the cryptographic method
it's using.  Right now, it doesn't even claim to be implementing the
keywrap method.

  Alan DeKok.

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