On 17/12/15 14:58, Kathleen Moriarty wrote:
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> Just a quick comment, sorry for asking this late and I won't hold up on
> it either, just want to raise the question without quite enough time to
> research it all.
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> I see the SHA-256 truncation is just 32 bits.  In other applications,
> about half is what is typically recommended.  I know you are trying to
> cut on space, but will problems arise from this shorter value?

Nah, I think this one's ok. IIUC, the result of a collision is
just a handshake fail, and then presumably recovery when they
ditch the cached stuff. Section 5 describes this.

S.


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