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From: cinap_lenrek@felloff.net
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] using tls-psk cipher suits vs roll our own handshake
Date: Sun,  3 Jan 2016 05:03:03 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <12a5d5137090880352ee920c81b7a571@felloff.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAOw7k5gn2Zm3nvLCdSN1L1TCEbS1aPnfOLjKMvnnhd1FrtJVVg@mail.gmail.com>

> I could never work up much enthusiasm for TLS because it is needlessly big
> and complex, but still got important things wrong.
> I never saw the advantage of TLS_RSA_PSK_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA as opposed
> to exchanging a few bits of text,
> allowing easy extension of the protocol to the occasional new protocol.

if you dont want negotiation, then we need to come up with new default
encryption scheme that will work perfectly for a long time. i cannot promise
that. with negotiation, stuff will get more complex but at least we can
fix and upgrade one machine at a time and get the best possible option
for each conversation.

what would you do?

--
cinap



  parent reply	other threads:[~2016-01-03  4:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-12-24 16:45 cinap_lenrek
2015-12-24 17:09 ` Iruatã Souza
2015-12-24 23:49   ` cinap_lenrek
2015-12-25  2:34     ` Alex Weber
2015-12-25  3:03       ` cinap_lenrek
2015-12-29 18:34         ` Charles Forsyth
2015-12-29 18:35           ` Charles Forsyth
2016-01-03  4:03           ` cinap_lenrek [this message]
2015-12-29 20:31 ` Kenny Lasse Hoff Levinsen

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