[TLS] Large extensions in the ClientHello

Florian Weimer <fweimer@bfk.de> Tue, 13 September 2011 14:58 UTC

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I need to fit up to 2**24-1 bytes into a ClientHello extension.  If I
read the protocol language correctly, the limit is 2**16-1, for all
extensions, and there is no way around that without major protocol
changes.  Is this correct?

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