Re: [quicwg/base-drafts] Clients cannot abandon Initial packets while server can still send initial close (#2541)

David Schinazi <notifications@github.com> Sat, 23 March 2019 06:09 UTC

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Subject: Re: [quicwg/base-drafts] Clients cannot abandon Initial packets while server can still send initial close (#2541)
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I agree with @nibanks. Keeping the initial keys around for longer opens up a DoS attack vector. Instead having the server send CONNECTION_CLOSE with all the keys it supports sounds safer, and using a coalesced packet can make that efficient.

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