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Re: authmeth-15 notes



Roger Harrison writes:
>>>>>> Hallvard B Furuseth <h.b.furuseth@usit.uio.no> 09/22/05 4:26 pm >>>
>>>>> 3.1.4. Discovery of Resultant Security Level
>>>> (...)
>>>> The server too can close the connection.  I don't remember what's the
>>>> use of such a def what the server can do.
>>>
>>> In reviewing [Protocol] section 4.13.3.1, I believe that this is
>>> adequately covered there. I have deleted the last sentence of this
>>> paragraph.
>>
>> You seem to be reading an old [Protocol] draft.  Protocol$,1rq(B31 does not
>> mention graceful TLS closure at all.  Protocol$,1rq(B31 StartTLS is section
>> 4.14, not 4.13.
>>
>> If I remember correctly, it was decided some time ago to move several
>> protocol$,1rq(Blike issues involving TLS from [protocol] to [authmeth].
>> Don't remember why.
>
> In the end, we decided to keep protocol issues in [Protocol].  Section
> 4.14.3 of [Protocol] covers removal of TLS layers.  The last paragraph
> explicitly allows either protocol peer to terminate the LDAP session after
> sending or receiving a TLS closure alert, so I believe this issue is
> resolved.

Just use the same terminology, not "graceful" closure.  That's what I
searched [protocol] for and didn't find.

What happened to text about ciphersuite renegotiations and channel
bindings, whatever that is, which Kurt has requested sometimes?

-- 
Hallvard