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Re: [TLS] Encrypting ALPN and other unused extensions

Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com> Sat, 26 April 2014 05:20 UTC

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Subject: Re: [TLS] Encrypting ALPN and other unused extensions
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On 25 April 2014 19:34, Watson Ladd <watsonbladd@gmail.com> wrote:
> does TLS ensure that I'm talking to the right *port*?

That's a PKIX function, but the answer is no, mostly [RFC6125].  We
authenticate names, even though it is theoretically possible to
authenticate URIs, I don't think that it is used in many places and
there has been anything in between defined.

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