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[TLS] RFC4492bis - Rename the "Supported Elliptic Curves" extension

Henrik Grubbström <grubba@gmail.com> Wed, 14 January 2015 16:11 UTC

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Subject: [TLS] RFC4492bis - Rename the "Supported Elliptic Curves" extension
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[https://github.com/tlswg/rfc4492bis/issues/4]

This extension has been renamed "Supported Groups" in the drafts of
TLS 1.3 and FFDHE.

Having different names for the same extension in different concurrent
RFCs should be avoided.

Section 5.1.1 and other places should be updated accordingly.

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Henrik Grubbström                                       grubba@grubba.org
Roxen Internet Software AB                              grubba@roxen.com

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