Subject: Clarification on key tag calculation

From: Olafur Gudmundsson <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 11:25:28 -0500

The text in sec-ext2 is little bit ambiguous what part of the KEY RDATA is
covered by the key tag calculation (for algorithm != RSA). 
The RDATA consists of 
<flags:16><protocol:8><algorithm:8>[<extended flags:16>]<key:n> 

The intent is that only the <key> field is covered in the calculation,
I have asked Donald about this clarification and he agrees and will
update the draft accordingly in the next revision. 
I do not think that anyone assumed that the whole of the RDATA was covered
in the key tag calculation but the text need clarification. 

Any objections ? 
	Olafur 
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