[TLS] possible new work item: not breaking TLS

Stephen Farrell <stephen.farrell@cs.tcd.ie> Thu, 13 July 2017 12:00 UTC

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Subject: [TLS] possible new work item: not breaking TLS
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Hi again TLS WG chairs,

I've done a bit more work on the collection of arguments
against the latest break-TLS proposal. [1] I plan to keep
working on that so more input is welcome. (Corrections
where I've gotten stuff wrong are even more welcome.)

I'd like to again request some time on the agenda to
allow discussion of those points in a more structured
manner than will be possible during the mic-line scrum
that'll likely follow a sales-pitch for draft-green.

I'd also like to ask the WG if we think it'd be useful
to document the arguments against that and other "let's
break-tls" proposals we've seen in the past in an RFC.
If people think it would be useful, I'd be willing to
do work to edit such a draft, or help edit that.

Thanks,
S.

[1] https://github.com/sftcd/tinfoil