[TLS] CCS and key reset and renegotiation

"Salz, Rich" <rsalz@akamai.com> Thu, 05 June 2014 15:12 UTC

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From: "Salz, Rich" <rsalz@akamai.com>
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Have folks seen this yet?
  http://ccsinjection.lepidum.co.jp/blog/2014-06-05/CCS-Injection-en/index.html

I think it adds weight to my concern about using ChangeCipherSpec to do key reset.  I still prefer the trade-offs of having a "slow the TLS but keep the TCP layer open" and starting over.  Much simpler to prove it's correct.

                /r$

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