Re: [TLS] Next steps for draft-agl-tls-padding

[Daniel Kahn Gillmor <[e-mail]>]

On 01/03/2014 02:41 PM, Eric Rescorla wrote:
> We have received a request from the authors of
> 
> http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-agl-tls-padding-02
> 
> For early code point assignment. While there have not been
> a lot of comments this is a simple draft and and seems like
> an important tool for dealing with noncompliant servers
> which do not react well to specific-sized ClientHellos
> and so far we have heard no objections to this document.
> 
> If there are any strong objections to this document or to
> making this provisional code point assignment, please
> raise them by Jan 10.

I would be happy to see a provisional code point assignment on this TLS
extension.

> The chairs are also interested in if people feel this should
> be a TLS WG item or an individual submission (or, if, as
> above, they object to it.)

It seems to me like it should be a WG item.  It doesn't seem
controversial at all, and it's clear that all TLS clients today have a
concrete use for it.

	--dkg