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Re: [TLS] Call for Consensus on removal of renegotiation

Peter Gutmann <pgut001@cs.auckland.ac.nz> Sat, 28 June 2014 02:12 UTC

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James Cloos <cloos@jhcloos.com> writes:

>If tls1.3 drops rekeying established sockets, then one reasonably can predict
>that its adoption will be limited enough that any security benefits it has
>over 1.2 will be, mostly, for naught.

That's pretty speculative.  My speculation is instead:

  If tls1.3 drops rekeying established sockets, then one reasonably can
  predict that people won't rekey established sockets any more.

I'd say that's far more likely.

Peter.

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