Re: HTTP 2.0 next steps and TLS next protocol negotiation

On Feb 12, 2013, at 2:30 AM, Brian Raymor (MS OPEN TECH) <Brian.Raymor@microsoft.com> wrote:

> The proposed plan (http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/ietf-http-wg/2013JanMar/0577.html) for TLS next protocol negotiation in the HTTP/2.0 implementation draft is to "use NPN (until TLSWG gives us something to replace it with) for TLS connections".
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> Based on Eric Rescorla's recent message on the TLS mailing list - Confirming Consensus: Negotiating upper layer protocols - (http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/tls/current/msg09176.html)  which states:
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> 	Depending on list discussion and what other proposals appear, we may attempt to select a proposal in Orlando.
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> I'd like to slightly amend the plan to indicate that the initial HTTP/2.0 implementation draft will use the negotiation proposal selected in Orlando by the TLS WG. If none is selected, then we will use NPN (until TLSWG gives us something to replace it with) for TLS connections.
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> Comments?

Well, as always, nothing will get decided in Orlando. At best there will be a "feel of the room" that will need to be confirmed later on the mailing list. So the earliest date when you might expect "something" from the TLS working group is mid-April.

Yoav

Received on Tuesday, 12 February 2013 07:16:52 UTC