Re: [TLS] SNI from CDN to Origin (was I-D Action: draft-ietf-tls-sni-encryption-08.txt)

Rob Sayre <sayrer@gmail.com> Wed, 09 October 2019 07:23 UTC

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From: Rob Sayre <sayrer@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2019 14:22:46 +0700
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Subject: Re: [TLS] SNI from CDN to Origin (was I-D Action: draft-ietf-tls-sni-encryption-08.txt)
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On Wed, Oct 9, 2019 at 1:19 AM Salz, Rich <rsalz@akamai.com> wrote:

>
>    - One issue not covered in this document is SNI encryption from CDNs
>    to Origin servers.
>
>
>
> I think deliberately so.  User-agent to origin (where sometimes the origin
> is a CDN or other intermediary) is the main case.
>

Well, TLS is a transport layer protocol. I think my suggestion might apply
to any client that's sending a certificate.

A link from CDN to Origin is just a particularly easy-to-deploy use case,
since client certificates are already in wide use and IPv6 tends to work
flawlessly.

thanks,
Rob