Re: draft-hoffman-rfc2487bis-03.txt

"RL 'Bob' Morgan" <[email protected]> Tue, 29 Aug 2000 13:57:57 -0700 (PDT)
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.apps-tls
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> My understanding is that a client should not use the STARTTLS command if
> it was not offered. It may see a 5xx reply in that case.

A client that wants to protect itself against an active attacker deleting
the STARTTLS in the EHLO from the server should go ahead and do STARTTLS
anyway.

 - RL "Bob"