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Re: [TLS] Proposed text for removing renegotiation

"Salz, Rich" <rsalz@akamai.com> Tue, 10 June 2014 14:53 UTC

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From: "Salz, Rich" <rsalz@akamai.com>
To: Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos <nmav@redhat.com>, Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 10:53:32 -0400
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> Could you please cite these security issues. In the 17 years of the protocol I have only seen one.

Which one are you omitting -- Marsh's  or triple-handshake?

What's the old quote, when there is nothing more to take away...  [1] In that light, then, can we remove renegotiation without unduly making things worse?  So far, it seems to be yes.


[1] http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/26979.html
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