[Babel-users] [babel] rather than ripemd160...

[Toke Høiland-Jørgensen]

"STARK, BARBARA H" <bs7652 at att.com> writes:

> FYI. IETF policies re "downrefs" in standards track RFCs is described in
> https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3967 (and updated by https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8067).
> In short, it's not prohibited, but careful review is required. 
> Note RFC3967 Section 2 first bullet
>
>    There are a number of circumstances in which an IETF document may
>    need to make a normative reference to a document at a lower maturity
>    level, but such a reference conflicts with Section 4.2.4 of
>    [RFC2026].  For example:
>
>    o  A standards track document may need to refer to a protocol or
>       algorithm developed by an external body but modified, adapted, or
>       profiled by an IETF informational RFC, for example, MD5 [RFC1321]
>       and HMAC [RFC2104].  Note that this does not override the IETF's
>       duty to see that the specification is indeed sufficiently clear to
>       enable creation of interoperable implementations.

Ah, so HMAC itself is already an informational RFC? Great, let's do
blake2, then! :D

-Toke