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Re: [TLS] RFC4492bis - Rename the "Supported Elliptic Curves" extension

Yoav Nir <ynir.ietf@gmail.com> Wed, 14 January 2015 19:45 UTC

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Subject: Re: [TLS] RFC4492bis - Rename the "Supported Elliptic Curves" extension
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I'm weakly opposed to renaming it. The name exists in codebases, protocol analyzers, books and web articles. I get that now we're adding non-EC groups, but renaming it seems like a gratuitous change to me with a non-zero cost.

Yoav 

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From: "Henrik Grubbström" <grubba@gmail.com>
Sent: ‎1/‎14/‎2015 18:12
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Subject: [TLS] RFC4492bis - Rename the "Supported Elliptic Curves" extension

[https://github.com/tlswg/rfc4492bis/issues/4]

This extension has been renamed "Supported Groups" in the drafts of
TLS 1.3 and FFDHE.

Having different names for the same extension in different concurrent
RFCs should be avoided.

Section 5.1.1 and other places should be updated accordingly.

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Henrik Grubbström                                       grubba@grubba.org
Roxen Internet Software AB                              grubba@roxen.com

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