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Re: [TLS] RFC4492bis - Removing ECDH

Yoav Nir <ynir.ietf@gmail.com> Wed, 07 January 2015 14:23 UTC

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Subject: Re: [TLS] RFC4492bis - Removing ECDH
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Hi.

I realize this was sent right in the middle of the holiday season, so I’ll give it another try.

Please have a look at the pull request and post comments to the list about whether you’re fine with removing ECDH.

Thanks

Yoav

> On Dec 16, 2014, at 12:29 AM, Yoav Nir <ynir.ietf@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi.
> 
> I’ve created pulll request #2 for removing references to ECDH (static elliptic curve key) key exchange and ciphersuites.
> 
> https://github.com/tlswg/rfc4492bis/pull/2 <https://github.com/tlswg/rfc4492bis/pull/2>
> 
> Nikos suggested it here: http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/tls/current/msg14555.html <http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/tls/current/msg14555.html>
> Yes, there are other suggestions there, but I’d like to take them one by one.
> 
> Let me know what you think
> 
> Yoav
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