Re: [TLS] Confirming consensus: TLS1.3->TLS*

[Dave Garrett <[e-mail]>]

(replies to a bunch of ideas in this thread)

As the person who lit the match under this latest bikeshed debate, personally, I don't see a strong consensus building here. Leaving the bikeshed unpainted seems like the option we're headed for, at this rate. I'm fine with TLS 1.3 if that's the result here.

That said, I think I've been somewhat swayed to the TLS 4 camp with the "fourth version of TLS" message. It makes a kind of messy sense that's kind of fitting for TLS. I'm no longer against it.

I've also suggested highlighting the year in the past, but only in the context of the title and messaging, not actually replacing the version number itself. I'd be ok with TLS 1.3-2017 (or something), not doing a find/replace of 1.3 and changing it to 2017, wholesale. That just feels even more confusing.

Lastly, I am vehemently against the suggestion of ditching the TLS name in favor of SSL again, as was also brought up in this thread. SSL is dead and insecure, and that message needs to stay. We need to get people to stop conflating the two and making this worse, not accepting it.


Dave


On Sunday, November 20, 2016 08:16:07 pm Eric Rescorla wrote:
> I mildly prefer TLS 1.3 to TLS 2 and TLS 4 (If we're going to rev the major
> version number we should abandon the minor one).
> TLS 2017 strikes me as quite bad; we're certainly not planning to do a TLS
> 2018. I am strongly opposed to TLS 2017.
> 
> -Ekr
> 
> 
> On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 11:12 AM, Sean Turner <[e-mail]> wrote:
> 
> > At IETF 97, the chairs lead a discussion to resolve whether the WG should
> > rebrand TLS1.3 to something else.  Slides can be found @
> > https://www.ietf.org/proceedings/97/slides/slides-
> > 97-tls-rebranding-aka-pr612-01.pdf.
> >
> > The consensus in the room was to leave it as is, i.e., TLS1.3, and to not
> > rebrand it to TLS 2.0, TLS 2, or TLS 4.  We need to confirm this decision
> > on the list so please let the list know your top choice between:
> >
> > - Leave it TLS 1.3
> > - Rebrand TLS 2.0
> > - Rebrand TLS 2
> > - Rebrand TLS 4
> >
> > by 2 December 2016.