Re: [TLS] Verifying X.509 Certificate Chains out of order

["Jeffrey A. Williams" <jwkckid1 at ix.netcom.com>]

Ben and all,

  I fullu agree with you Ben.  I for one am often willing to send
what I feel is appropriate wheather or not others believe so
or not, as long as it is in context and in keeping with the
theme or topic at hand.

Ben Laurie wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 4:33 PM, Steven M. Bellovin <smb at cs.columbia.edu> wrote:
> > On Mon, 06 Oct 2008 07:41:52 -0700
> > Eric Rescorla <ekr at networkresonance.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I think there are two separate issues here:
> >>
> >> (1) Whether implementations should be required to send certificates
> >>     in a specific order.
> >> (2) Whether implementations should generate an error if they are
> >>     received in another order.
> >>
> > "Be conservative in what you send; be liberal in what you accept."
>
> I thought we'd given up on that as a useful generalisation since it
> introduces security problems in some circumstances, for example HTTP
> header stuffing. Which is not to say I am opposed to this particular
> change, but that adage is an entirely insufficient justification.
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