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Re: [TLS] Ensuring consistent strength across certificate, ECDHE, cipher, and MAC

"Blumenthal, Uri - 0553 - MITLL" <uri@ll.mit.edu> Wed, 23 March 2016 15:29 UTC

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>>I’d state secp384r1 (...) as "NOT RECOMMENDED" to bother with,
>> but still permitted
>
>I'd say it is a tad bit too strong of a wording for the strongest curve
>supported by SChannel...

+1 to Hubert.

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