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Re: [TLS] security levels for TLS

Nicolas Williams <Nicolas.Williams@sun.com> Fri, 12 October 2007 20:23 UTC

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Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:23:32 -0500
From: Nicolas Williams <Nicolas.Williams@sun.com>
To: Mike <mike-list@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: [TLS] security levels for TLS
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On Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 12:04:14PM -0700, Mike wrote:
> Apparently no argument will suffice, and you would rather keep the
> status quo than be proactive.  How long do you think it would take
> to add this extension to a TLS toolkit?  In my own code, I could
> probably do it in less than a day, with time left over to get in a
> round of 18 holes.

That's not a helpful argument.

I suggest you go look at SASL's SSF concept and why noone cares for it.
There's lots of mailing list archive material to wade through!

Nico
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