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IETF draft specifying PQC composite KEM algorithms for use in X.509 and CMS
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Place AlgID at the end of FixedInfo #27

Closed ounsworth closed 4 months ago

ounsworth commented 4 months ago

Falko said:

In order to avoid any possible collisions in the input it is important the algID is placed at the end of the fixedInfo string. This ensures that the string is uniquely parsable from the rear end, because algID defines the lengths of the other strings.

https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/spasm/3Rul4GQ6kgpVZUXaE-kbr-bV9Ck/

Needs to be done after #20 .