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Re: [hybi] Handshake was: The WebSocket protocol issues.

Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu> Mon, 11 October 2010 21:40 UTC

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From: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
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On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 02:18:25PM -0700, Ian Fette (????????????????????????) wrote:
> Willy,
> 
> People are welcome to use the null cipher suite with TLS.

OK, but that would void the initial point that made Adam want it : the
unpredictability of the bytes in the outgoing stream in order to avoid
cross-protocol attacks.

Willy

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