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Re: [TLS] Multi-Threaded Applications over TLS

Nicolas Williams <Nicolas.Williams@sun.com> Mon, 20 April 2009 16:48 UTC

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From: Nicolas Williams <Nicolas.Williams@sun.com>
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Subject: Re: [TLS] Multi-Threaded Applications over TLS
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On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 02:53:25PM +0200, Badra wrote:
> We have posted a document that describes "multi-threaded application"
> multiplexing over a single TLS session.
> 
> A URL for this Internet-Draft is:
> http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-badra-tls-multiplexing-00.txt

Seems very similar in scope to SSHv2's multiplexing.

Have you looked at SSHv2, specifically RFC4254?  There have been
problems getting SSHv2 implementations to grow channel windows so that
the maximum available bandwidth can be used.  Have you looked at these
issues?

Nico
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