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Re: [TLS] Resolution AEAD Cipher length and padding

Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net> Mon, 21 July 2014 15:03 UTC

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On 07/21/2014 10:54 AM, Alfredo Pironti wrote:
> It's not clear to me what this resolution is about; could you please
> elaborate (or give pointers)?

The most recent discussion of this situation was my re-discovery of the
problem, which was apparently known to several people already:

 https://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/tls/current/msg12871.html

	--dkg

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