[TLS] [removing renegotiation patch 2/2] avoid referring to the absent "hello request"

Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net> Sun, 09 November 2014 07:01 UTC

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Subject: [TLS] [removing renegotiation patch 2/2] avoid referring to the absent "hello request"
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The current changes remove hello_request from the HandshakeType enum,
but then it is still referenced in the description of no_renegotiation
alert.

This changeset avoids reintroducing the value for the enum, but still
clarifies when the client should send a no_renegotiation alert.
---
 draft-ietf-tls-tls13.md | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/draft-ietf-tls-tls13.md b/draft-ietf-tls-tls13.md
index 14ec39a..5a66e40 100644
--- a/draft-ietf-tls-tls13.md
+++ b/draft-ietf-tls-tls13.md
@@ -1432,7 +1432,8 @@ user_canceled
   by a close_notify.  This message is generally a warning.
 
 no_renegotiation
-: Sent by the client in response to a hello request or by the server
+: Sent by the client in response to a hello request (a Handshake
+  message where msg_type is 0) or by the server
   in response to a client hello after initial handshaking. Versions
   of TLS prior to TLS 1.3 supported renegotiation of a previously
   established connection; TLS 1.3 removes this feature. When the
-- 
2.1.1