Re: Some reasons why mandating use ofSSL for HTTP is a really bad idea

If TLS is mandated, yet NULL cipher is acceptable, what was the point
of mandating TLS in the first place?

On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 11:24 PM, Mike Belshe <mike@belshe.com> wrote:
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> On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 9:20 PM, Grahame Grieve <grahame@kestral.com.au>
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> Naw - this is not a big deal.  For instance, a server can send a NULL cipher
> to the client.  In normal modes, browsers will reject the NULL cipher and
> not negotiate it.  however, you can use command line flags to allow it.
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> We do this all the time.  Another example is for turning on
> same-origin-policy.  Browsers often have debugging modes for turning it off.
> You have to run the browser in a special, techie, opt-in way to do it, but
> it is there.
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> I used these all the time when developing in Chrome.
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> Mike
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>> Grahame
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Received on Wednesday, 18 July 2012 16:04:03 UTC