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Re: [TLS] Multi-Threaded Applications over TLS

Badra <badra@isima.fr> Mon, 20 April 2009 17:19 UTC

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Subject: Re: [TLS] Multi-Threaded Applications over TLS
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>
> > We have posted a document that describes "multi-threaded application"
> > multiplexing over a single TLS session.
>
> Hello,
>  Is TLS the appropriate level to do this protocol? Couldn't it be over
> TLS, or over any protocol that is being used at the moment? It looks it
> has a broader applicability than just TLS.



Hi Nikos,

This could be done over TLS, but IMO, it is better to negotiate the
multiplexing functionality early during TLS Handshake and to share the same
code for several applications running over TLS. (An expired document
describes it over TLS draft-badra-hajjeh-mtls-04)

Best regards,
Badra

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