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CmnLn Elec Exch 3/12 Minutes (via Listserve)
CommonLine Electronic Exchange subcommittee minutes for 03/12/98.
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Russ Judd Great Lakes rjudd@glhec.org
Scott Fullerton* Great Lakes(Chair) sfullerton@glhec.org
Karl Ebert SLMA 105502.3154@CompuServe.Com
John Falconer SLMA
Frank Hum SLMA franklin.r.hum.jr@slma.com
Libby Meeker SLMA Libby.Meeker@SLMA.com
Gary Thomas* SLMA 70664.401@compuserve.com
Mike Nolan PHEAA mnolan@pheaa.org
Darwin Peiffer* PHEAA dpeiffer@pheaa.org
Terry Zuch PHEAA tzuch@pheaa.org
John Hall PHEAA
Linda Laub PHEAA llaub@pheaa.org
Jeff Knass USA Group jknass@usagroup.com
Brian Allison* USA Group BALLISON@usagroup.com
Ron Clark USA Group rclark@usagroup.com
Paul Logston* USA Group plogston@usagroup.com
Mike Brannon USA Group MBrannon@usagroup.com
Matt Parrett USA Group mparrett@usagroup.com
Ki Ha NELA kiha@nela.net
Gary Burleson* TGSLC gary.burleson@tgslc.org
Kelly Klipple TGSLC kelly.klipple@tgslc.org
Will Thien TGSLC will.thien@tgslc.org
Warren Sherard Edfund wsherard@edfund.org
Patrick Walters SLFC waltersp@slf.org
Gad Hazum Access ghazum@accessgrp.org
Ed McGowan ESF emcgowan@esfweb.com
Ruth Smith NYHESC rsmith@hesc.com
Kevin Malmberg NYHESC kmalmberg@hesc.com
Mike Schoeppler NYHESC mschoeppler@hesc.com
Betty Hansman* ISAC bhansman@isc016r1.state.il.us
Mike Yip ISAC
Debbie Phillips* ISAC dphillip@isc016r1.state.il.us
Fred Highsmith* Guarantech fhighsmith@guarantec.com
Tim Hearley* KHEAA thearley@kheaa.com
Mark Lifland Nellie Mae mark_lifland@nelliemae.com
Goeff Boisvert Nellie Mae geoff_boisvert@nelliemae.com
Doug McCaleb Nellie Mae doug_mccaleb@nelliemae.org
Tom Jurado AFSA twjurado@aol.com
Bill Horn* College Foundation whorn@cfi-nc.org
* = present
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*SUMMARY*
Following up from the recommendations of the San Antonio meeting, the
subcommittee discussed strategies to identify the encryption algorithm type in
the subject header. The group also considered and rejected a suggestion to
specify attachment file names. Finally, they reviewed the proposed testing
protocols and agreed to submit these to Michael Brannon to write up for
inclusion in the Addendum.
Next subcommittee meeting: 3/19/98.
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* REPORT ON THE SAN ANTONIO MEETING*
In the San Antonio meeting Scott presented the recommendation of the
subcommittee to accept the NAI proposal. This was unanimously accepted by the
CommonLine committee. The committee discussed
1) how to accommodate lenders wanting into CommonLine after the NAI purchase
offer was closed.
NCHELP may be willing to purchase a small number of software sets for
latecomers. This would be contingent on NAI's consent and NCHELP's
willingness. Scott would inquire on the former and Karen Haney on the latter.
Discussion at the 3/19 meeting.
2) the need to phase in the newer algorithm next year.
The service provider will likely have to accommodate both the RSA algorithm and
its replacement (most likely Diffie-Hellman).
3) whether it is feasible to complete the deal in the March timeframe indicated
by NAI.
Many expressed skepticism about this.
4) by what means to notify all the people who might want to be involved.
NCHELP Broadcast fax was decided upon.
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*STRATEGIES TO IDENTIFY THE ENCRYPTION ALGORITHM TYPE*
As discussed in prior meetings, the selection of RSA is necessary, but it
obliges us to replace it relatively soon. As also discussed, this will likely
mean the Service Provider will have to support both the old and new algorithms,
thus requiring a need to distinguish them. The committee discussed putting a
code in the Subject header for this purpose. It was agreed this should be
within the brackets used to set off the unique identifier. There was some
discussion on the possible need to make the unique message identifier less
optional.
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Paul Logston will research this between meetings and recommend a solution at
the next meeting.
Discussion at the 3/19 meeting
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*TESTING*
KHEAA developed a set of reference files for testing POP3/PGP functions:
encrypt, sign, attach, send, receive, detach, decrypt, authenticate. The
testing protocols developed in the 1/15 meeting were written up in those 1/15
minutes. Mike Brannon will use them as a basis for a draft to review at the
3/19 meeting.
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Testing file size limits is optional. KHEAA will expand the existing reference
files to approximately 2MB each. They will be ready in early April.
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*FILE ATTACHMENT NAMES*
There was some discussion on specifying names for the file attachments. Many
considered this to be unnecessary and likely to force changes to existing
processes.
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*ADDENDUM REVISION*
Proposed changes so far include the following:
1.) Replace references to PGP Inc. with NAI. The first
reference could read Network Associates Inc.(formerly PGP Inc.)
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2.) Change text on page 12 under "Setup: Initial Distribution of Keys"
paragraph 2 bullet 2. Where it reads CL COMM UPDATE <recipient name>, it
should read CL COMM UPDATE <sender name>
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If you have any further revisions to suggest, please send them to me
(sfullerton@glhec.org)
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Agenda
1 Network Associates: Status report.
2 Changes to subject header to reference encryption algorithm type
3 Testing
4 CompuServe Customer Service issues
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