Re: [TLS] TLS client puzzles

Kyle Rose <krose@krose.org> Thu, 30 June 2016 02:01 UTC

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From: Kyle Rose <krose@krose.org>
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2016 22:01:28 -0400
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Subject: Re: [TLS] TLS client puzzles
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Let's finish that last sentence:

I have to think a lot more about the IoT/resource-constrained client
problem, but I still don't think the existence of clients that would be
denied service by this scheme renders the concept completely inapplicable.