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Re: [TLS] CCS and key reset and renegotiation

"Salz, Rich" <rsalz@akamai.com> Thu, 05 June 2014 15:41 UTC

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From: "Salz, Rich" <rsalz@akamai.com>
To: Watson Ladd <watsonbladd@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2014 11:41:28 -0400
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> I don't see why the incompetence of implementors should govern our decisions. If something cannot be implemented correctly it must be removed,  but why is rekeying such a thing?

Because the line between “often get it wrong” and “cannot be implemented” is often a very thin one and it’s better to be cautious and safe, then pedantically correct and usually broken.

/r$

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