Re: rfc2487bis-04: Failed negotiations & virtual hosting

Lutz Jaenicke <[email protected]> Tue, 17 Oct 2000 20:01:57 +0200

Newsgroups	gmane.ietf.apps-tls
Organization	BTU Cottbus, Allgemeine Elektrotechnik
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 09:27:41AM -0700, dean gaudet wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Oct 2000, Lutz Jaenicke wrote:
> > extend STARTTLS to "STARTTLS required_target", but this would in fact
> > change the protocol. And it would give away some of the privacy obtained
> > as an eavesdropper could derive information about the email being sent.
> 
> as opposed to the alternative of allocating an IP address per domain?  
> that's the only way to host multiple certificates today.

Yes. That is today's solution. We are looking for a better one, like the
people trying to improve HTTP/TLS. 

Best regards,
	Lutz
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