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Re: [TLS] CertficateRequest extension encoding

Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com> Sat, 24 September 2016 01:38 UTC

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From: Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2016 11:38:53 +1000
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Subject: Re: [TLS] CertficateRequest extension encoding
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On 24 September 2016 at 10:35, Nick Sullivan
<nicholas.sullivan@gmail.com> wrote:
> 1) Move DistinguishedName out of the structure and define it as a TLS-style
> extension. It's not a required field.
> 2) Remove SignatureScheme from structure, and instead change the behavior of
> the the "signature_algorithms" extension to include all server-supported
> SignatureSchemes in the ServerHello in descending order of preference.

This is my preference too.  I get that this means that you have to
remember more if you might support client authentication, but it
removes yet another bespoke parser and extension point.

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