[TLS] Early code point assignment

[Paul Hoffman <paul.hoffman at vpnc.org>]

At 9:59 AM -0800 11/9/09, Eric Rescorla wrote:
>I don't think the problem here is really the code point assignment.

Right: the problem is determining what that code point means. If there is an early assignment of code point Foo for draft-ietf-tls-frigmo-00.txt, and there is a bits-on-the-wire change in -01, what does Foo mean? Implementers will split between "it means the -00, get another code point" and "it means the latest version only".

If you think this is a simple problem, you haven't seen the ragged history of the IETF in this regard.

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