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Re: [TLS] Doing without renegotiation

Yoav Nir <ynir.ietf@gmail.com> Thu, 17 April 2014 07:48 UTC

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Subject: Re: [TLS] Doing without renegotiation
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On Apr 17, 2014, at 6:50 AM, Nico Williams <nico@cryptonector.com> wrote:

> 
> - authenticate the client when needed rather than always at handshake time

<snip />

> - For authentication other than that provided by the initial handshake
>   I propose application-specific solutions.

<snip />

>    - server wants client to authenticate
> 
>      In a protocol like HTTP that'd be a 401 indicating what methods
>      the client can choose from...  Standard stuff.  We'd add a public
>      key / PKI method whereby the client sends a signature of the TLS
>      channel binding, along with any cert chain, OCSP responses, …

Do you mean something like Martin’s proposal ([1][2]) or doing the whole thing in HTTP as a new HTTP authentication method?

Yoav

[1] http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-thomson-httpbis-catch-00
[2] http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-thomson-tls-care-00

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