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Re: [TLS] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC4492 (4783)

Bodo Moeller <bmoeller@acm.org> Wed, 24 August 2016 16:32 UTC

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Subject: Re: [TLS] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC4492 (4783)
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> No, this is wrong. There is a client and there is a server, and
> whatever internal arrangements are made are epiphenominal from the
> perspective of this standard.

They certainly are, but that just means that, in that (unintended) reading
of the spec, it's using very contrived language to discuss something that's
not subject to being specified here per se (where more commonly you'd find
informal language describing the "inner thoughts" of the implantation).

> I doubt anyone was confused by what it
> said, but either way it needs to get fixed,

Exactly. My point is just that, either way, it can be seen as an editorial
error rather than a technical one, so there's no need to block the erratum
on that decision

Bodo

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