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Re: [TLS] A la carte handshake negotiation

"Salz, Rich" <rsalz@akamai.com> Sat, 13 June 2015 16:12 UTC

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From: "Salz, Rich" <rsalz@akamai.com>
To: Dave Garrett <davemgarrett@gmail.com>, Ilari Liusvaara <ilari.liusvaara@elisanet.fi>
Thread-Topic: [TLS] A la carte handshake negotiation
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Subject: Re: [TLS] A la carte handshake negotiation
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I think this is headed in the wrong direction.

We want to minimize the number of ciphers and cipher-suites, not allow for a mind-boggling combinatorial explosion that will cripple interop.

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