Re: [TLS] TLS 1.3 -> TLS 2.0?

[Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos <[e-mail]>]

On Tue, 2016-08-30 at 14:19 -0400, Dave Garrett wrote:
> I occasionally see people ask why we're calling it TLS 1.3 when so
> much has changed, and I used to simply think that it was too
> bikesheddy to bother changing at this point. However, now that we've
> redone negotiation, we have new TLS 1.3+ only cipher suites. The old
> are not compatible with the new (new codepoints needed for old
> ciphers) and the new are not backwards compatible with the old
> (they'll just be ignored). We actually risk misconfiguration in the
> future if the distinction isn't made clear. I think it's time we just
> renamed TLS 1.3 to TLS 2.0. There are major changes, so labeling it a
> major version seems more appropriate.

I agree with the proposal.