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Re: [TLS] drop obsolete SSL 2 backwards compatibility from TLS 1.3 draft

Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> Fri, 26 December 2014 19:12 UTC

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Subject: Re: [TLS] drop obsolete SSL 2 backwards compatibility from TLS 1.3 draft
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> PS: I recently actually removed all the SSLv2 support from OpenSSL
> (in master) except for supporting receiving an SSLv2 compatible
> client hello.
>
Some folks need this for auditing systems. I have a custom build of
SSLscan that exercises it.

Eventually, we will get to a point where lack of back patching new
features to into a branch coupled with lack of SSLv2 support testing
means we won't be able to perform a thorough audit.

Jeff

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