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Re: [TLS] Encrypting record headers: practical for TLS 1.3 after all?

Henrick Hellström <henrick@streamsec.se> Sat, 28 November 2015 17:05 UTC

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Subject: Re: [TLS] Encrypting record headers: practical for TLS 1.3 after all?
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On 2015-11-28 12:15, Peter Gutmann wrote:
> Encrypting the length information is a serious step backwards both in terms of
> security and processing efficiency.

I am inclined to +1 on that.

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