On Thu, 12 May 2005, Georg v. Zezschwitz wrote:
> 1) Adding a global option "tls_supported_compression" to select compression
> protocols to be supported for incoming connections.
> e.g.: "DEFLATE:NULL".
> Default should be all std-protocols that the SSL-stack supports.
Could save a bit of typing by calling is "tls_support_compression" (but
I don't really mind).
> 2) Adding an smtp transport option "tls_prefered_compression" which contains
> the
> list of prefered compression protocols: E.g.:
> "DEFLATE:NULL"
> or
> "NULL"
Why not call it "tls_support_compression" as well? Compare
tls_require_ciphers and tls_verify_certificates, which exist both as
main options and as smtp transport options. Besides, people may have
trouble remembering how to spell "preferred" :-)
^^
> Extending $tls_cipher to the format:
>
> <protocol>:<cipher>:<bits>:<compression>
>
> with compression = (NULL|DEFLATE|STAC) for now.
Seems OK to me.
> Hopefully my wife will give me some time this weekend :-)
Good luck!
Regards,
Philip
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