Using Context Labels for Domain Separation of Cryptographic Objects
draft-thomson-saag-context-labels-00
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| Authors | Martin Thomson , Daniel Gillmor , Benjamin Kaduk | ||
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https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-thomson-saag-context-labels-00.txt
Abstract
A single cryptographic key is sometimes relied upon to produce muliple cryptographic artifacts that each have different semantics. This produces a potential problem whereby artifacts with different intended uses can be confused. The addition of context labels removes this problem.
Authors
Martin Thomson
(martin.thomson@gmail.com)
Daniel Gillmor
(dkg@fifthhorseman.net)
Benjamin Kaduk
(kaduk@mit.edu)
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