[TLS] inappropriate_fallback

Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org> Wed, 08 August 2018 13:05 UTC

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Subject: [TLS] inappropriate_fallback
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Draft 28 defines the inappropriate_fallback alert as follows:

inappropriate_fallback  Sent by a server in response to an invalid
      connection retry attempt from a client

With the introduction of the downgrade protection sentinels it now seems
that an inappropriate fallback could also be detected by the client.
Should this wording be changed?

Matt