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Re: [TLS] SSL Renegotiation DOS

"Steve Dispensa" <dispensa@phonefactor.com> Tue, 15 March 2011 16:02 UTC

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From: Steve Dispensa <dispensa@phonefactor.com>
To: Dr Stephen Henson <lists@drh-consultancy.demon.co.uk>, tls@ietf.org
Subject: Re: [TLS] SSL Renegotiation DOS
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: tls-bounces@ietf.org [mailto:tls-bounces@ietf.org] On Behalf Of
Dr
> Stephen Henson
> On 15/03/2011 15:39, Joe Orton wrote:
> >
> > I recall a complaint that some mobile browser was known to initiate
> > renegs, but I can't find a reference for that; it might have been
> > off-line discussion.  I'd be interested to hear any further data on
> > that.
> >
> 
> It was mentioned in the openssl-dev list a couple of times. The title
was
> "Renegotiation denied wrong?" around Nov 23rd 2009.
> 
> Steve.

Seems like tor also used client-initiated renegotiation, if memory
serves. Don't know if that's still true.

 -Steve

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