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[TLS] TLS grammar checker?

Paul Hoffman <paul.hoffman@vpnc.org> Sat, 15 June 2013 12:41 UTC

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Greetings again. The recent errata shows that some of the TLS documents that use the grammar invented for SSL can have some errors. People have developed tools for checking ABNF grammar in Internet Drafts and RFCs; has anyone developed an SSL grammar checker?

--Paul Hoffman

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