[TLS] RFC 8446: Correlating connections with ticket ages

Ben Smyth <research@bensmyth.com> Thu, 30 April 2020 09:40 UTC

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Subject: [TLS] RFC 8446: Correlating connections with ticket ages
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Section 4.2.11.1 explains that:

...PskIdentity contains an obfuscated version of the ticket age formed by
taking the age in milliseconds and adding the "ticket_age_add"... This
addition prevents passive observers from correlating connections unless
tickets are reused.

So: Correlations are possible when tickets are reused. But, what connection
correlations are prevented when tickets aren't reused?


Best regards,

Ben
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