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Re: [TLS] Status of X.509v3 TLS Feature Extension?

Stephen Checkoway <s@pahtak.org> Mon, 28 April 2014 19:35 UTC

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On Apr 28, 2014, at 3:32 PM, Peter Gutmann <pgut001@cs.auckland.ac.nz> wrote:

> Stephen Checkoway <s@pahtak.org> writes:
>> On Apr 28, 2014, at 1:42 PM, Martin Rex <mrex@sap.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> EV certs seem to be able to provide a benefit without "fail-hard".
>> 
>> That's the first time I've ever heard that claim. What benefit do they
>> provide users?
> 
> Well now that's a completely different question.  The original statement was
> that they provide a benefit, no-one said the benefit was to users.

Indeed. Your book has a very nice discussion of them.

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Stephen Checkoway

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