Re: [TLS] Headerless records (was: padding)

Viktor Dukhovni <ietf-dane@dukhovni.org> Tue, 25 August 2015 14:42 UTC

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On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 10:26:24AM -0400, Kyle Rose wrote:

> (I am not claiming anything about the purity of this approach, only
> that it is technically feasible.)

SSH now has ciphersuites where the payload length is encrypted,
IIRC via a key that is different from the payload key.

-- 
	Viktor.