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As mentioned before, I agree with the suggested fix (do not use this 
ciphersuite).

Andreas.

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Subject: [ietf-tls] Re: Ciphersuite 0x00 0x1e
Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2002 19:21:33 +0000
From: David Hopwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: IETF Transport Layer Security WG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: IETF Transport Layer Security WG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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Andreas Sterbenz wrote:
 > The SSL 3.02 spec (http://wp.netscape.com/eng/ssl3/draft302.txt) defines
 > it as SSL_FORTEZZA_KEA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA whereas RFC 2712 calls it
 > TLS_KRB5_WITH_DES_CBC_SHA. Presumably the cause is that an earlier
 > version of the SSL v3 spec
 > (http://wp.netscape.com/eng/ssl3/4-APPN.HTM#A-6) did not include this
 > ciphersuite.
 >
 > Does the WG have any suggestions as to how to resolve this conflict?

Yes: deprecate this ciphersuite ID (i.e. say that clients SHOULD NOT
include it in the client hello list). It's only single-DES, anyway.

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