Re: [TLS] questions regarding draft-ietf-tls-rfc2246-bis-13.txt

Sami Lehtinen wrote:
> Hello,
...
> Also, there is conflicting text regarding message precedence (handshake 
> vs. application data):
> 
> In section 6.2.1. Fragmentation:
> 
>  Note: Data of different TLS Record layer content types MAY be
>        interleaved. Application data is generally of higher precedence
>                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>        for transmission than other content types and therefore handshake
>        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>        records may be held if application data is pending.  However,
>        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> and in 7.4.1.1. Hello request:
> 
>        with a no_renegotiation alert. Since handshake messages are
>                                             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>        intended to have transmission precedence over application data,
>        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>        it is expected that the negotiation will begin before no more
>        than a few records are received from the client. If the server
> 
> Which text is correct? In RFC 2246, the text is
> 
>  Note: Data of different TLS Record layer content types may be
>        interleaved. Application data is generally of lower precedence
>        for transmission than other content types.
> 
> and text to the same effect is also in section 7.4.1.1 of RFC2246.
> 

I too had pointed this out in an earlier mail, but got no replies. It 
seems in a previous thread in this list Eric had replied to someone 
posing a similar query. He had actually mentioned data had lower 
precedence (similar to what's in tls1.0 & the earlier tls1.1_drafts.

So, it's a bit confusing. tls1.1 is in the rfc editor queue, so is that 
why no clarifications are coming in (are these going to be addressed in 
tls 1.2?)

-jb

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