- From: Tom Weinstein <tomw@netscape.com>
- Date: Tue, 03 Dec 1996 18:25:38 -0800
- To: ericg@netscape.com
- CC: David Brownell - JavaSoft <david.brownell@Eng.Sun.COM>, ericm@lne.com, ietf-tls@w3.org, satishd@doppio.Eng.Sun.COM
Eric Greenberg wrote: > > Note that one purpose of the change cypher spec command was to allow > the cypher used for the SSL session to change depending upon content. > For example,the administrator could choose to protect one directory > with one grade of security and another with some other form of > security. The value of such a feature can certainly be debated, but I > just wanted to point out that I think this was one objective. Um, I think you might be thinking of the ability to renegotiate the handshake midstream. This has nothing to do with the change cipher spec message. -- You should only break rules of style if you can | Tom Weinstein coherently explain what you gain by so doing. | tomw@netscape.com
Received on Tuesday, 3 December 1996 21:24:24 UTC