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Re: [TLS] PR#625: Change alert requirements

Sean Turner <sean@sn3rd.com> Mon, 19 September 2016 19:50 UTC

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Subject: Re: [TLS] PR#625: Change alert requirements
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Thanks for the discussion.  We’re going to ask ekr to merge this one (obviously dealing with the additional input provided during the discussion).

J&S

> On Sep 06, 2016, at 17:33, Sean Turner <sean@sn3rd.com> wrote:
> 
> All,
> 
> The chairs would like to get some eyes on this PR by this Friday (Sept 9th) so that we can draw it to close.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> J&S
> 
>> On Sep 05, 2016, at 14:02, Eric Rescorla <ekr@rtfm.com> wrote:
>> 
>> PR: https://github.com/tlswg/tls13-spec/pull/625
>> 
>> Currently the TLS spec requires implementations to send alerts under various
>> fatal conditions. However, many stacks actually don't send alerts but instead
>> just terminate the connection. Several people have argued that we should relax
>> the requirement.
>> 
>> At the September 2015 interim there was consensus to instead encourage
>> sending alerts and require that if you send an alert, you send a specific one.
>> I've finally gotten around to producing a PR that does this (link above). This
>> PR:
>> 
>> - Harmonizes all the language around alert sending (though perhaps I missed
>>  a couple of places)
>> - Tries to make which alerts to send clearer in the alert descriptions to avoid
>>  having to specify individually how to handle every decision.
>> - Relaxes the requirement as listed above.
>> 
>> Note that these are to some extent orthogonal changes; even if we decide to
>> continue mandating sending alerts, that should be listed in one location not
>> scattered around the spec.
>> 
>> I know that there wasn't universal consensus on relaxing the requirement to
>> send, so I'll await WG discussion and the chairs decision on how to handle this PR. 
>> 
>> -Ekr
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