Re: [websec] #39: appropriately acknowlege and accommodate DANE

Paul Hoffman <paul.hoffman@vpnc.org> Fri, 20 April 2012 21:32 UTC

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On Apr 20, 2012, at 2:18 PM, =JeffH wrote:

> In looking at this section, which is attempting to only (non-normatively) summarize the effects of the HSTS policy, it occurs to me it should be streamlined down to..
> 
> 
>   2.  The UA terminates any secure transport connection attempts upon
>       any and all secure transport errors or warnings.
> 
> 
> ..because section 10.2 now addresses details wrt "self-signed certs" and such.

That would be *much* better for section 2. Any "such as" will fool implementers into thinking you have a complete list.

--Paul Hoffman