Re: [TLS] Still missing: TLS_ECDH_anon_WITH_AES_xxx_GCM_SHAxxx

Nico Williams <nico@cryptonector.com> Thu, 13 March 2014 19:08 UTC

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Subject: Re: [TLS] Still missing: TLS_ECDH_anon_WITH_AES_xxx_GCM_SHAxxx
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On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 1:36 PM, Yaron Sheffer <yaronf.ietf@gmail.com> wrote:
> this is about much more than anon-DH cipher suites. [...]

Other anon ciphersuites exist.  We should register these missing ones.
 What rationale is there for not doing so?

As to how to use them, that's a general and _orthogonal_ issue.

Nico
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