Re: [websec] [HSTS] Contradiction between sections 8.1 and 11.3 of RFC 6797?
Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net> Tue, 30 December 2014 21:24 UTC
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Subject: Re: [websec] [HSTS] Contradiction between sections 8.1 and 11.3 of RFC 6797?
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On 12/17/2014 03:38 PM, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote: > On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 11:51:08AM -0800, > David Keeler <dkeeler@mozilla.com> wrote > a message of 47 lines which said: > >> Section 11.3 is about when the user agent connects to a host that it >> previously noted as using HSTS. > > OK, so a example case with section 11.3 could be a server publishing a > HSTS header while it has a recognized certificate and then later > switching to a self-signed certificate. In that case, access would be > denied. Am I correct? Yes, this is a known consequence of using HSTS. --dkg
- [websec] [HSTS] Contradiction between sections 8.… Stephane Bortzmeyer
- Re: [websec] [HSTS] Contradiction between section… David Keeler
- Re: [websec] [HSTS] Contradiction between section… Stephane Bortzmeyer
- Re: [websec] [HSTS] Contradiction between section… Daniel Kahn Gillmor