> Here is the blogpost of the HTTPS breakdown: > http://www.moserware.com/2009/06/first-few-milliseconds-of-https.html > From what I understand, the Client hello is the first part of the ssl > handshake that is not encrypted/HMAC’d
No. Re-read the "prepare to be encrypted" section again. All handshake messages are covered by a MAC. If an adversary strips out the SCSV then the MAC's will not match. /r$ -- Principal Security Engineer, Akamai Technologies IM: rs...@jabber.me Twitter: RichSalz :��I"Ϯ��r�m���� (����Z+�K�+����1���x��h����[�z�(����Z+���f�y�������f���h��)z{,���