> 
> When OpenSSL inserts an empty fragment, it fragments a single message
> into multiple parts, the first of which happens to be empty.  I
> concede that this might appear pointless as long as one doesn't know
> about the CBC security issues, but nothing in the specification speaks
> against it.  (And, of course, security considerations speak for it.)
> 
> 
> -- 
> Bodo Möller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Thanks Bodo.  This is exactly the response I needed.



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