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Re: [TLS] The TLS_FALLBACK_SCSV time bomb (was: Re: Working Group Last Call for draft-ietf-tls-downgrade-scsv-00)

Hubert Kario <hkario@redhat.com> Mon, 20 October 2014 10:14 UTC

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----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andrei Popov" <Andrei.Popov@microsoft.com>
> To: "Peter Gutmann" <pgut001@cs.auckland.ac.nz>, "<tls@ietf.org>" <tls@ietf.org>
> Sent: Saturday, 18 October, 2014 12:34:36 AM
> Subject: Re: [TLS] The TLS_FALLBACK_SCSV time bomb (was: Re: Working Group Last Call for
> draft-ietf-tls-downgrade-scsv-00)
> 
> I think about 60-90 days or so, for those clients and servers that get
> regular updates.

There are internet facing servers that support only SSLv2 and yet still get
their certificates refreshed!

I don't think we will see SSLv3 use fall into single digits in this decade.

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Regards,
Hubert Kario
Quality Engineer, QE BaseOS Security team
Email: hkario@redhat.com
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