> 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$

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