Re: [quicwg/base-drafts] Let server abort on post-Retry packet number reset (#3990)

[Jana Iyengar <[e-mail]>]

@janaiyengar commented on this pull request.



> @@ -4807,6 +4807,8 @@ responding to a Retry packet. However, the data sent in these packets could be
 different than what was sent earlier. Sending these new packets with the same
 packet number is likely to compromise the packet protection for those packets
 because the same key and nonce could be used to protect different content.
+A server MAY abort the connection if it detects that the client reset the

My argument for why here is because this PN reuse can be a security issue.

That said, you're right that it's not as principled as I would like it to be; there also isn't such a general rule, and you make a good point that it might be useful to have a general rule.

Given that we don't have such a rule at the moment, I would be happy to take this text in and evaluate this with other MAYs in the general sense if there's enough interest to do it. Would you mind filing a separate issue for this?

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