Re: [TLS] Comments on cached info at TLS meeting

Stefan and all,

  Thanks for the update.  I agree that there needs to be only one
approach.

Stefan Santesson wrote:

> Recap of comments on cached info during the IETF meeting in Stockholm.
>
> Simon thought that it would be OK to send just the hash as replacement
> for the cached data if the client treats the hash as an index that
> identifies the replaced data. Doing so avoids guessing by the client.
> A clarification should be made in the draft.
>
> Eric made a comment on Jabber that now that I see this problem
> suggested, this seems pretty gross from an implementation perspective.
> I think I'd prefer that the cache hits be returned explicitly in the
> extension
>
> I interpret this to mean that Eric wants the server to acknowledge
> exactly what data it will replace when it sends its server hello.
> This means that we have different opinions on the list whether the
> server have to know what data it will replace at server hello
> exchange.
> Im personally pretty agnostic about this, but we need to agree on one
> approach.
>
> Other than that it was suggested that other objects could be of
> interest to  define in the draft. We may see proposals on the list.
>
> /Stefan
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