Re: Failed TLS negotiation

On 23-Sep-98 at 15:02, John Gardiner Myers ([email protected]) wrote:
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> Chris Newman wrote:
> > (A) close the connection if there's a TLS protocol error.
> 
> I believe this is your only choice, given the explicit directive in the
> TLS specification.  Section 7.2.2 of draft-ietf-tls-protocol-05.txt
> states "Upon transmission or receipt of an fatal alert message, both
> parties immediately close the connection."
> 
> If you are willing to use a TCP connection in clear text, open a new
> connection.

This was my understanding as well....but when I asked this question a couple of
IETFs ago, I was told that this wasn't the correct interpretation of the spec:
that the "connection" referred only to the TLS portion. Anybody have
same/different memory of this?

/msb

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