> So I've been thinking a little about this. First, I do not
> know of any practical md5 preimage attacks so far, however,
> if we allow tcp-md5 in this spec, we're effectively betting
> that that will remain the case for a few years at least and
> that's not a bet with which I'd be happy when we do have
> stronger options that are already specified.

let me try again.

while i agree with you philosophically, packets do not move very well on
'specified.'  and unless someone throws a lot of cash at it, AO looks as
if is likely not to be available for a long on the set of platforms
operators use for services, *BSD, Linux, and Solaris.

randy
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