Re: [TLS] TLS v1.2 performance (was Re: TLSv1.2 with DSA client cert and
Yoav Nir <ynir@checkpoint.com> Thu, 17 February 2011 06:07 UTC
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Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 08:07:08 +0200
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Subject: Re: [TLS] TLS v1.2 performance (was Re: TLSv1.2 with DSA client cert and
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On Feb 17, 2011, at 3:31 AM, Wan-Teh Chang wrote: > On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 3:35 PM, Martin Rex <mrex@sap.com> wrote: >> >> What I also don't understand is the idea behind "default signature >> algorithms". For implementing TLSv1.2, SHA-256 _must_ be supported, >> but unless explicitly negotiated with the TLS SignatureAlgorithm >> extension, SHA-256 appears not allowed to be used for CertificateVerify. >> >> That would mean, when TLSv1.2 is negotiated, but no SignatureAlgorithms >> extension exchanged, the resulting signature with an RSA client cert >> in CertificateVerify no longer uses MD5+SHA-1 as in TLS up to v1.1, >> but _only_ SHA-1 (which slightly weakens that signature compared to >> prior protocol versions...). The use of SHA-256 is prohibited!??! > > I think you're right. RFC 5246 Section 7.4.1.4.1 seems to say that > {sha1,rsa} is the default RSA signature algorithm. > > I guess the solution is for a TLS 1.2 client to always send the > signature_algorithms extension, and for a TLS 1.2 server to use > a non-empty supported_signature_algorithms field in the > Certificate Request message. > > Alternatively, we can amend RFC 5246 to change the default > RSA signature algorithm to {sha256,rsa} . It seems that anything > that uses MD5+SHA-1 in TLS 1.0 and 1.1 should use SHA-256 > by default in TLS 1.2, for consistency. If you change that, it becomes TLS 1.3. This is a non-backwards-compatible change in default behavior.
- [TLS] TLSv1.2 with DSA client cert and key size >… Martin Rex
- Re: [TLS] TLSv1.2 with DSA client cert and key si… Wan-Teh Chang
- Re: [TLS] TLSv1.2 with DSA client cert and key si… Martin Rex
- [TLS] TLS v1.2 performance (was Re: TLSv1.2 with … Michael D'Errico
- Re: [TLS] TLSv1.2 with DSA client cert and key si… Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos
- Re: [TLS] TLSv1.2 with DSA client cert and key si… Dr Stephen Henson
- Re: [TLS] TLSv1.2 with DSA client cert and key si… Martin Rex
- Re: [TLS] TLSv1.2 with DSA client cert and key si… Dr Stephen Henson
- Re: [TLS] TLSv1.2 with DSA client cert and key si… Martin Rex
- Re: [TLS] TLSv1.2 with DSA client cert and key si… Kemp, David P.
- Re: [TLS] TLS v1.2 performance (was Re: TLSv1.2 w… Martin Rex
- Re: [TLS] TLS v1.2 performance (was Re: TLSv1.2 w… Michael D'Errico
- Re: [TLS] TLS v1.2 performance (was Re: TLSv1.2 w… Wan-Teh Chang
- Re: [TLS] TLS v1.2 performance (was Re: TLSv1.2 w… Yoav Nir
- Re: [TLS] TLS v1.2 performance (was Re: TLSv1.2 w… Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos
- Re: [TLS] TLS v1.2 performance (was Re: TLSv1.2 w… Eric Rescorla
- Re: [TLS] TLS v1.2 performance (was Re: TLSv1.2 w… Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos
- Re: [TLS] TLS v1.2 performance (was Re: TLSv1.2 w… Eric Rescorla
- Re: [TLS] TLS v1.2 performance (was Re: TLSv1.2 w… Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos
- Re: [TLS] TLS v1.2 performance (was Re: TLSv1.2 w… Michael D'Errico
- Re: [TLS] TLS v1.2 performance (was Re: TLSv1.2 w… Yngve N. Pettersen (Developer Opera Software ASA)
- Re: [TLS] TLS v1.2 performance (was Re: TLSv1.2 w… Eric Rescorla
- Re: [TLS] TLS v1.2 performance (was Re: TLSv1.2 w… Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos
- Re: [TLS] TLS v1.2 performance (was Re: TLSv1.2 w… Martin Rex
- Re: [TLS] TLS v1.2 performance (was Re: TLSv1.2 w… Juho Vähä-Herttua
- Re: [TLS] TLS v1.2 performance (was Re: TLSv1.2 w… Michael D'Errico
- Re: [TLS] TLS v1.2 performance (was Re: TLSv1.2 w… Peter Gutmann
- Re: [TLS] TLS v1.2 performance (was Re: TLSv1.2 w… Peter Gutmann
- Re: [TLS] TLS v1.2 performance (was Re: TLSv1.2 w… Martin Rex
- Re: [TLS] TLS v1.2 performance (was Re: TLSv1.2 w… Marsh Ray
- Re: [TLS] TLS v1.2 performance (was Re: TLSv1.2 w… Peter Gutmann
- Re: [TLS] TLS v1.2 performance (was Re: TLSv1.2 w… Juho Vähä-Herttua
- Re: [TLS] TLS v1.2 performance (was Re: TLSv1.2 w… Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos
- Re: [TLS] TLS v1.2 performance (was Re: TLSv1.2 w… Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos
- Re: [TLS] TLS v1.2 performance (was Re: TLSv1.2 w… Juho Vähä-Herttua
- Re: [TLS] TLS v1.2 performance (was Re: TLSv1.2 w… Kyle Hamilton
- Re: [TLS] TLS v1.2 performance (was Re: TLSv1.2 w… Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos
- Re: [TLS] TLS v1.2 performance (was Re: TLSv1.2 w… Matt DeMoss
- Re: [TLS] TLS v1.2 performance (was Re: TLSv1.2 w… Michael D'Errico
- Re: [TLS] TLS v1.2 performance (was Re: TLSv1.2 w… Martin Rex
- Re: [TLS] TLS v1.2 performance (was Re: TLSv1.2 w… Geoffrey Keating
- Re: [TLS] TLS v1.2 performance (was Re: TLSv1.2 w… Martin Rex
- Re: [TLS] TLS v1.2 performance (was Re: TLSv1.2 w… Geoffrey Keating
- Re: [TLS] TLS v1.2 performance (was Re: TLSv1.2 w… Peter Gutmann
- Re: [TLS] TLS v1.2 performance (was Re: TLSv1.2 w… Michael D'Errico
- Re: [TLS] TLS v1.2 performance (was Re: TLSv1.2 w… Martin Rex
- Re: [TLS] TLS v1.2 performance (was Re: TLSv1.2 w… Peter Gutmann
- Re: [TLS] TLS v1.2 performance (was Re: TLSv1.2 w… Matt DeMoss
- Re: [TLS] TLS v1.2 performance (was Re: TLSv1.2 w… Geoffrey Keating
- Re: [TLS] TLS v1.2 performance (was Re: TLSv1.2 w… Martin Rex
- Re: [TLS] TLS v1.2 performance (was Re: TLSv1.2 w… Sean Turner
- Re: [TLS] TLSv1.2 with DSA client cert and key si… Martin Rex