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Re: [TLS] tls-flags: abort on malformed extension

Hubert Kario <hkario@redhat.com> Mon, 11 October 2021 11:12 UTC

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From: Hubert Kario <hkario@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: [TLS] tls-flags: abort on malformed extension
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On Thursday, 7 October 2021 20:37:22 CEST, Yoav Nir wrote:
>
> OK, so now my response:
>
> I agree with the first and second comments. About the third, 
> what I meant was that a supported flag that is supposed to 
> appear only in CH appears instead and CR, or more likely, a flag 
> that should appear in EE apears in SH instead.
>
> But I think the best way to resolve the issue is to remove the 
> bullet point list and the last sentence before them, IOW: remove 
> the examples.

Clients aborting on unrecognised flags in SH or EE is expected, that's what
already happens for normal extensions, but yes, it's too strong for CH. 
Maybe
also NST.


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Hubert Kario
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