Re: [TLS] tickets or sesssions or both (oh my)

Nico Williams <nico@cryptonector.com> Thu, 04 September 2014 15:32 UTC

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Subject: Re: [TLS] tickets or sesssions or both (oh my)
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On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 9:42 AM, Phillip Hallam-Baker
<ietf@hallambaker.com> wrote:
> The argument that some people can't write code is never a good reason
> to cripple implementations.

Indeed, and if we take it to the limit it's an argument for giving up
(and certainly for abandoning TLS).