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Subject: Re: [TLS] [Cfrg] Salsa20 stream cipher in TLS
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On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 8:09 AM, Yoav Nir <ynir@checkpoint.com> wrote:
> Actually, we turned on TLS 1.2 by default for the speed advantage. iOS be=
gins a TLS handshake with version 1.2, both in ClientHello and in the recor=
d layer. Only when the (shocked and flabbergasted) server closes the connec=
tion, does the iPhone try with something more sane like 1.0, and then even =
caches this for a short while.

But you don't need to switch on TLS 1.2 to fix this, right? The server
just needs to implement version negotiation correctly.

(On the flip side, this /is/ a problem for clients since the
incentives are aligned for clients to stop trying TLS 1.2 since they
can't (directly) fix the server.)


Cheers

AGL
