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Re: [TLS] PR#345: IANA Considerations

Viktor Dukhovni <ietf-dane@dukhovni.org> Tue, 17 November 2015 19:17 UTC

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Subject: Re: [TLS] PR#345: IANA Considerations
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On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 09:14:00PM +0200, Ilari Liusvaara wrote:

> > Where does that leave ciphersuites that are "Recommended" for TLS
> > 1.2, but TLS 1.3?  Or do none of the CBC block ciphers in TLS 1.2 qualify?
> 
> None of block ciphers (nor stream ciphers) work in TLS 1.3 at all.
> 
> All current registered/proposed ciphersuites that work in TLS 1.3 are
> *-GCM or *-POLY1305 ones (with DHE or ECDHE).

I'm well aware of that, I'm just wondering whether the "Recommended"
column should cover recommendations for TLS 1.2 as well TLS 1.3?

That is, I thought it might distinguish between mainstream and
non-mainstream ciphers for multiple protocol versions.

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	Viktor.

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