Re: [TLS] Terminology clarification around SSL & TLS
Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net> Wed, 31 August 2016 17:38 UTC
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Subject: Re: [TLS] Terminology clarification around SSL & TLS
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On Wed 2016-08-31 03:35:38 -0400, Julien ÉLIE wrote:
> Following a recent discussion about how to name the successor of TLS
> 1.2, I wish to share an idea about a possible terminology clarification.
> I believe it could help to conciliate people understanding of SSL & TLS.
>
> We would have 3 notions:
> 1/ the technology,
> 2/ the protocols,
> 3/ the protocol versions.
>
> The technology is SSL, and is sometimes also refered to as SSL/TLS.
> (Note that bare TLS is not a technology.)
please no. the technology is TLS. The time for us to have made the
other decision was 17 years ago before TLS 1.0 was formalized.
i would like to continue to be able to say unambiguously that all known
versions of SSL are badly broken and should be avoided. Let's not muddy
those waters further.
--dkg
- [TLS] Terminology clarification around SSL & TLS Julien ÉLIE
- Re: [TLS] Terminology clarification around SSL & … Daniel Kahn Gillmor
- Re: [TLS] Terminology clarification around SSL & … Salz, Rich
- Re: [TLS] Terminology clarification around SSL & … Andrei Popov
- Re: [TLS] Terminology clarification around SSL & … Dave Garrett
- Re: [TLS] Terminology clarification around SSL & … Julien ÉLIE
- Re: [TLS] Terminology clarification around SSL & … Dave Garrett