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Re: [TLS] GSS-API extension draft available



Martin Rex wrote:
> Jeffrey Altman wrote:
>> Martin Rex wrote:
>>> Using the entropy from the GSS-API prf is fine.  Completly ignoring
>>> additional randomness that is available through the regular TLS
>>> handshake looks somewhat strange to me.
>>>
>>> I would have expected that one would XOR a GSS-API supplied entropy
>>> for the pre-master secret with a traditional TLS-generated entropy.
>> In other words, you would prefer an anonymous-DH exchange in addition
>> to the GSS-API PRF?
> 
> Ooops, sorry -- I had only looked at the new draft, not rfc2712,
> and was not aware that this completely removed the server certificate
> from the TLS handshake.  This might be a challenge for client-side UIs,
> which may not be prepared to deal with server identities not based
> on X.509 certs, i.e. plug'n'play this into a TLS mechanism probably
> does not work.
> 
> -Martin

RFC 2712 is currently supported by both Java and OpenSSL.
I do not expect the new protocol to have additional challenges from a UI
perspective.

Jeffrey Altman

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