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Re: [TLS] Call for consensus to remove anonymous DH

Nico Williams <nico@cryptonector.com> Wed, 16 September 2015 19:57 UTC

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Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2015 14:57:32 -0500
From: Nico Williams <nico@cryptonector.com>
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Subject: Re: [TLS] Call for consensus to remove anonymous DH
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On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 10:40:28AM -0700, Martin Thomson wrote:
> On 15 September 2015 at 18:00, Joseph Salowey <joe@salowey.net> wrote:
> > remove anonymous DH
> 
> +1
> 
> It's not like we're making the use case impossible, just that the
> solution will look different.

And will be more costly.

I'm neutral on this, as I don't think the extra cost will lead to, say,
MTAs forgoing TLS for SMTP.

Nico
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