Re: [TLS] Last Call: draft-ietf-tls-renegotiation (Transport Layer Security (TLS) Renegotiation Indication Extension) to Proposed Standard

[Yoav Nir <[e-mail]>]

On Nov 30, 2009, at 5:37 PM, The IESG wrote:

> The IESG has received a request from the Transport Layer Security WG 
> (tls) to consider the following document:
> 
> - 'Transport Layer Security (TLS) Renegotiation Indication Extension '
>   <draft-ietf-tls-renegotiation-01.txt> as a Proposed Standard
> 
> The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits
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I oppose publishing the current draft. 

There are two unresolved issues still being discussed on the TLS mailing list: 
 1. non-extension signaling for older versions (SSLv3 and maybe TLS 1.0)
 2. explicit vs implicit addition of old verify_data to the PRF (also known as fail-unsafe vs fail-safe)

I think the WG is converging, and that a couple of more weeks of discussion may lead to consensus. 

I agree with David-Sarah Hopwood that a last call (WG or IETF) is still premature.