[TLS] Combine TLS 1.0/1.1 into a single RFC

Yuhong Bao <yuhongbao_386@hotmail.com> Wed, 03 December 2014 02:59 UTC

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Subject: [TLS] Combine TLS 1.0/1.1 into a single RFC
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Given that TLS 1.0 is not dying soon, I wonder if it would make sense to combine TLS 1.0 and 1.1 into one RFC, given the minor changes involving the IV. This would include changing the mandatory to implement cipher suite for TLS 1.0 to TLS_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA.

Yuhong Bao