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Re: [TLS] no fallbacks please [was: Downgrade protection, fallbacks, and server time]

Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com> Fri, 03 June 2016 03:29 UTC

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From: Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [TLS] no fallbacks please [was: Downgrade protection, fallbacks, and server time]
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On 3 June 2016 at 01:07, David Benjamin <davidben@chromium.org> wrote:
> But reality is what it is. The Law of the Internet is the last thing that
> changed is blamed. We have a limited "budget" we can spend breaking things
> (otherwise I'd have removed almost everything by now!) and there is no
> chance I can break all the hosts I found.

FWIW, I agree.  This has a bit of an explanation of the forces at play
here: https://annevankesteren.nl/2016/05/client-server

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