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Re: [TLS] Encrypting ALPN and other unused extensions

Michael D'Errico <mike-list@pobox.com> Fri, 25 April 2014 16:28 UTC

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Subject: Re: [TLS] Encrypting ALPN and other unused extensions
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Watson Ladd wrote:
> 
> Some extensions aren't used by the TLS layer, like ALPN.

ALPN is used by the TLS layer.  The requested protocol is
one of several inputs to a server's certificate selection
algorithm, along with the SNI.

Mike

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