| < draft-ietf-tls-padding-02.txt | draft-ietf-tls-padding-03.txt > | |||
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| Network Working Group A. Langley | Network Working Group A. Langley | |||
| Internet-Draft Google Inc | Internet-Draft Google Inc | |||
| Intended status: Standards Track August 24, 2015 | Updates: 5246 (if approved) Sept 2015 | |||
| Expires: February 25, 2016 | Intended status: Standards Track | |||
| Expires: March 4, 2016 | ||||
| A TLS ClientHello padding extension | A TLS ClientHello padding extension | |||
| draft-ietf-tls-padding-02 | draft-ietf-tls-padding-03 | |||
| Abstract | Abstract | |||
| This memo describes a TLS extension that can be used to pad | This memo describes a TLS extension that can be used to pad | |||
| ClientHello messages to a desired size. | ClientHello messages to a desired size. | |||
| Status of This Memo | Status of This Memo | |||
| This Internet-Draft is submitted in full conformance with the | This Internet-Draft is submitted in full conformance with the | |||
| provisions of BCP 78 and BCP 79. | provisions of BCP 78 and BCP 79. | |||
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| Internet-Drafts are working documents of the Internet Engineering | Internet-Drafts are working documents of the Internet Engineering | |||
| Task Force (IETF). Note that other groups may also distribute | Task Force (IETF). Note that other groups may also distribute | |||
| working documents as Internet-Drafts. The list of current Internet- | working documents as Internet-Drafts. The list of current Internet- | |||
| Drafts is at http://datatracker.ietf.org/drafts/current/. | Drafts is at http://datatracker.ietf.org/drafts/current/. | |||
| Internet-Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six months | Internet-Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six months | |||
| and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any | and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any | |||
| time. It is inappropriate to use Internet-Drafts as reference | time. It is inappropriate to use Internet-Drafts as reference | |||
| material or to cite them other than as "work in progress." | material or to cite them other than as "work in progress." | |||
| This Internet-Draft will expire on February 25, 2016. | This Internet-Draft will expire on March 4, 2016. | |||
| Copyright Notice | Copyright Notice | |||
| Copyright (c) 2015 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the | Copyright (c) 2015 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the | |||
| document authors. All rights reserved. | document authors. All rights reserved. | |||
| This document is subject to BCP 78 and the IETF Trust's Legal | This document is subject to BCP 78 and the IETF Trust's Legal | |||
| Provisions Relating to IETF Documents | Provisions Relating to IETF Documents | |||
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| publication of this document. Please review these documents | publication of this document. Please review these documents | |||
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| | | \- extension_data: 6 zero bytes | | | \- extension_data: 6 zero bytes | |||
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| | \------------- 16-bit, extension_data length | | \------------- 16-bit, extension_data length | |||
| | | | | |||
| \------------------- extension_type for padding extension | \------------------- extension_type for padding extension | |||
| The client MUST fill the padding extension completely with zero | The client MUST fill the padding extension completely with zero | |||
| bytes, although the padding extension may be empty. | bytes, although the padding extension_data field may be empty. | |||
| The server MUST NOT echo the extension. | The server MUST NOT echo the extension. | |||
| 4. Example usage | 4. Example usage | |||
| As an example, consider a client that wishes to avoid sending a | As an example, consider a client that wishes to avoid sending a | |||
| ClientHello with a record size between 256 and 511 bytes (inclusive). | ClientHello with a record size between 256 and 511 bytes (inclusive). | |||
| This case is considered because at least one TLS implementation is | This case is considered because at least one TLS implementation is | |||
| known to hang the connection when such a ClientHello record is | known to hang the connection when such a ClientHello record is | |||
| received. | received. | |||
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