From: Herbert Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2006 11:19:59 +1000

> (To recap our sha256 IPsec implementation truncates the output to 96
> bits while the last IETF draft on sha256 and the general HMAC RFC
> requires 128 bits)
> 
> Yes I agree with your assessment.
> 
> Changing it is nasty though since we don't know how many Linux users
> have deployed this.
> 
> Also, we should keep in mind that the IETF has given up on sha256
> altogether.

I think we have to leave things as is by default, and find some
way to provide a 128-bits mode that can be selected by the user.
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