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Re: [TLS] Should we require implementations to send alerts?

"Salz, Rich" <rsalz@akamai.com> Sat, 12 September 2015 21:55 UTC

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From: "Salz, Rich" <rsalz@akamai.com>
To: Geoffrey Keating <geoffk@geoffk.org>, Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com>
Thread-Topic: [TLS] Should we require implementations to send alerts?
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Subject: Re: [TLS] Should we require implementations to send alerts?
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> > After all, what are you going to do when the connection drops without
> > a GOAWAY?  Drop the connection?
> 
> Try again, assuming the problem is a one-time glitch?

That's important.  Without the alert, you might just try again.  And again.  And again.. ..

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