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Re: [TLS] drop obsolete SSL 2 backwards compatibility from TLS 1.3 draft

"Salz, Rich" <rsalz@akamai.com> Sun, 28 December 2014 18:44 UTC

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From: "Salz, Rich" <rsalz@akamai.com>
To: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@hauke-m.de>, Yoav Nir <ynir.ietf@gmail.com>, Dave Garrett <davemgarrett@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2014 13:44:25 -0500
Thread-Topic: [TLS] drop obsolete SSL 2 backwards compatibility from TLS 1.3 draft
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Subject: Re: [TLS] drop obsolete SSL 2 backwards compatibility from TLS 1.3 draft
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TLS 1.3 is going to require new code.  A client supporting TLS can issue a post-SSL2 handshake. A server supporting old clients can try the new handshake, and then fallback and re-parse if it doesn't work.

This is a new protocol version, not a BCP.  If not now, when CAN we move things forward?

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