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Re: [TLS] Privacy considerations - identity hiding from eavesdropping in (D)TLS

Paul Wouters <paul@nohats.ca> Mon, 24 August 2015 21:33 UTC

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Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2015 17:33:18 -0400
From: Paul Wouters <paul@nohats.ca>
To: Eric Rescorla <ekr@rtfm.com>
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Subject: Re: [TLS] Privacy considerations - identity hiding from eavesdropping in (D)TLS
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On Mon, 24 Aug 2015, Eric Rescorla wrote:

> TLS 1.3 encrypts both the client's and server's certificates already.
> The server's certificate is secure only against passive attack.

Not having read the TLS 1.3 draft, in IKE parties can send a hash of the
CAs they trust, so unless you receive a hash of a known CA to you, you
can withold your own certificate from being sent.

Is a similar mechanism not planned for TLS 1.3?

Paul

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