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Re: [TLS] prohibit <1.2 support on 1.3+ servers (but allow clients)

Aaron Zauner <azet@azet.org> Fri, 22 May 2015 02:52 UTC

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Date: Fri, 22 May 2015 04:52:16 +0200
From: Aaron Zauner <azet@azet.org>
To: Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [TLS] prohibit <1.2 support on 1.3+ servers (but allow clients)
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Hi,

* Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com> [22/05/2015 01:29:19] wrote:
> I don't think that this is the right way to do this.

I agree. While this is a noble effort, it's the wrong approach to
the problem at hand in my opinion. We do have a BCP from UTA which a
lot of work was put into. It basically tells people to deprecate
everything that's not TLS 1.2 with an AEAD.

> I'm happy to be the one wielding the stick when the time is right, but
> I probably won't come here to do it.

So how about that TLSv1-diediedie document? :)


Aaron

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