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Re: [TLS] padding bug

Dr Stephen Henson <lists@drh-consultancy.co.uk> Sun, 08 September 2013 13:47 UTC

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On 08/09/2013 13:07, Dr Stephen Henson wrote:
> On 08/09/2013 03:59, Peter Saint-Andre wrote:
>> [old thread alert!]
>>
>>
>>> 2.       An extension for Encrypt-then-MAC (i.e. this draft)
>>
>>> Was any consensus achieved as to the best approach?
>>
> 
> I can add a data point to this. I spent an afternoon implementing this (i.e.
> the encrypt then mac draft) a while ago in OpenSSL. It was pretty easy to do
> and interoped fine with the test servers.
> 
> I'll make it available as an experimental feature in OpenSSL master branch.
> 

Well I've added this and spotted a problem. The draft extension value (0x10)
clashes with the draft value used in the ALPN specification.

Steve.
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