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From: Barney Wolff <barney@databus.com>
To: Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com>
Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: New TCP sequence number generation algorithm; review needed
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1.  It is a misnomer to refer to "shared secret" in RFC 1948.  The
secret is not shared with any entity.
2.  Implying that because DES can be brute-forced that MD5 can be
brute-forced is just silly.  Yes, in another 100 years, if Moore's
Law continues to hold, which is unlikely.

Suggestion - write an internet-draft and get the end2end group
to endorse your scheme, rather than commiting FreeBSD to it.

Barney Wolff

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