Re: [TLS] tls-flags: abort on malformed extension

Rob Sayre <sayrer@gmail.com> Fri, 03 September 2021 03:44 UTC

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From: Rob Sayre <sayrer@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2021 20:44:42 -0700
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Subject: Re: [TLS] tls-flags: abort on malformed extension
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On Sat, Aug 28, 2021 at 1:37 PM Yoav Nir <ynir.ietf@gmail.com> wrote:

>  The text provides a list (which I hope is comprehensive) of all the ways
> this specific extension can be malformed.
>

The text says "Such invalid tls_flags extensions include: ..."

While I don't oppose the edit, I don't understand why this WG continues to
specify this kind of thing in prose.

thanks,
Rob