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Re: [TLS] Constant Finished (was Re: Kill Finished)

Michael D'Errico <mike-list@pobox.com> Fri, 18 April 2014 20:27 UTC

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Subject: Re: [TLS] Constant Finished (was Re: Kill Finished)
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Martin Thomson wrote:
> On 18 April 2014 12:09, Michael D'Errico <mike-list@pobox.com> wrote:
>> IANAC but using a long-enough "magic number" for Finished seems fine
>> if the handshake hash is moved to the key generator.
>>
>> But how long should that magic number be? ....
> 
> Why would it need to be anything at all?  As long as you can identify
> the message as a Finished unambiguously, that should suffice.
> HandshakeType is one byte.

Oh, I see, as long as you can decrypt the record layer, you know it's
working.

Mike

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