Re: Frame Formats

[Matt Wakeley <matt_wakeley@agilent.com>]

I would rather the spec be silent on the value of "pad" bytes.  The only thing
the spec should say is whether or not the pad bytes are included in the data
digest.

-Matt

Mark Bakke wrote:
> 
> Julian-
> 
> If generating random numbers to place in a pad field is
> too expensive, is the next best thing (from a security
> point-of-view) to zero the pad, or to leave whatever was
> there?
> 
> --
> Mark
> 
> julian_satran@il.ibm.com wrote:
> >
> > Mark,
> >
> > Security guys want you to randomize pad.  0s are a weakness.
> >
> > Julo