The majority of the comments since the last meeting have focused on Section 12. The comments received to date have been incorporated in draft 10 which should be distributed soon. The algorithm has been found to be unsecure with stream cipher algorithms and block ciphers in OFB mode. A statement to this effect will be placed in the document. Russ stated that several people have asked for a modification to the check sum algorithm be made.
People are worried about the arithmetic nature of the algorithm.
Additionally, there was a question on moving from 16 to 32 bits in size. Russ reviewed the key wrap and unwrap algorithms as part of this discussion. However, if the change was made, the checksum size should be increased to 32 bits. Jim Schaad raised a potential problem in that moving to 32 bits changed the block alignment. This request was based on the fact that the algorithms really need to have a wider review before being placed in proposed standard form.