Re: [TLS] NIST TLS recomendations

[Bodo Moeller <bmoeller@xxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Nov 02, 2006 at 08:20:27AM +0100, Bodo Moeller wrote:

[...]
> There is no compelling reason to have the TLS handshake fail if a
> client that tries to authenticate itself by presenting a certificate
> presents a certificate that the server cannot handle: In this case the
> client may simply end up as an unauthenticated client, which may very
> sell sufficient for whatever services the client actually needs to
> use.

Oops -- this should read: "..., which may very well be sufficient for
whatever services the client actually needs to use."

Bodo


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