Re: [TLS] Comments on TLS identity protection

EKR <ekr@networkresonance.com> Tue, 26 December 2006 16:16 UTC

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Subject: Re: [TLS] Comments on TLS identity protection
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Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2006 07:52:57 -0800
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<home_pw@msn.com> writes:
> By definition http over SSL is https. Nothing more is stated.

I'm not sure what "nothing more is states" means. RFC 2818 provides
a fair amount of detail on HTTPS.

-Ekr

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