I agree, and I don't think you need brackets: only the first 64 bits of Ni and the first 64 bits of Nr are used in calculating SKEYSEED, but all the bits are used for input to the prf+ function.
(although I personally did not find it confusing) On Jan 19, 2010, at 4:25 AM, Paul Hoffman wrote: > Section 2.14: "only the first 64 bits of Ni and the first 64 bits of > Nr are used in the calculation". This section has two calculations > involving Ni/Nr, but this sentence should only apply to the former. > Suggested rephrasing: "the calculation" -> "when calculating SKEYSEED > (but all bits are used when calculating SK_*)" > > --Paul Hoffman, Director > --VPN Consortium > _______________________________________________ > IPsec mailing list > IPsec@ietf.org > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipsec > > Scanned by Check Point Total Security Gateway. _______________________________________________ IPsec mailing list IPsec@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipsec
