Ian Grigg wrote:

Someone sent me this question - any ideas?

(RFCs 2817, 2818 cover HTTP/TLS and upgrading
from clear to SSL only, not HTTP/SSL.  Eric
Rescorla's book is .. close, but as it's
fairly new, what was used beforehand?)

iang

Ian, the questions being asked here are vare vague and open. Please encourage your correspondent to ask his questions here in this newsgroup, and to be specific about what is wanted.

BTW, HTTP "upgrading" (running SSL/TLS on port 80) has been rather
roundly rejected, IMO, for a number of good reasons.  If you care,
perhaps you can ask Julien to say more about this.

/Nelson

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: SSL & Browser behaviour/policies
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 15:27:51 +0200

Hi Ian,

I'm looking for the RFC or other "de facto" standard describing the
behaviour of a browser when engaging an HTTP session over SSL.

E.g. I understand that the "Common Name" (CN) should hold the FQDN or
hostname, but I would like to understand if there is more to it. Like what
happens in case the client has a certificate as well and the server requires
the client to engage in a two sided authentication.


Any idea?

thanks

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