Re: explicitly authenticated proxy: new draft

On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 12:47 PM, Martin Nilsson <nilsson@opera.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 13 Jun 2014 20:12:30 +0200, Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net> wrote:
>
>  Hi Sal,
>>
>> Thanks for the update, and sorry for the belated response.
>>
>> Easy things first - yes, the draft should be HTTP version-neutral.
>>
>> The parts that are specific to TLS and PKI need to be done in the TLS WG
>> (or other appropriate venues); we don’t specify new key usages in this WG
>> (Section 3.1), for example.
>>
>
> I agree that the direction this is taking is more suitable for TLS WG.


Note that the topic of explicitly authenticated proxies was raised in TLS a
while
back and there was not very much support.

That's not to say that opinion hasn't/won't change, but  it would require a
change.

-Ekr