On 05/04/17 23:43, Илья Шипицин wrote:
> hello!
> 
> just curious how renegotiation is handled in "https" ?
> is it "an abbrevated ssl handshake" (RFC 2246) or ... ?

The HTTPS and OpenVPN protocol is not comparable in this regard at all.
AFAIR, OpenVPN does not make use of the TLS renegotiation possibility at
all.  So a renegotiation in OpenVPN actually results in a completely new
and fresh TLS session, not related to previous TLS sessions at all.


-- 
kind regards,

David Sommerseth
OpenVPN Technologies, Inc



> 2017-04-06 2:39 GMT+05:00 David Sommerseth
> <open...@sf.lists.topphemmelig.net
> <mailto:open...@sf.lists.topphemmelig.net>>:
> 
>     On 05/04/17 23:13, debbie10t wrote:
>     > I don't believe there is any need to specify "max" because that would be
>     > --reneg-sec as is. Otherwise specify a smaller or larger --reneg-sec
> 
>     I think you, probably without being aware of it, are agreeing to what
>     the current proposal is:
> 
>       --reneg-sec max
>         A renegotiation happens within 'max' seconds, but with a 10%-ish
>         randomness
> 
>       --reneg-sec min max
>         A renegotiation happens within 'min' and 'max' seconds, fully
>         controllable
> 
>     So using --reneg-sec 3600 3600, effectively removes the randomness.
> 
> 
>     --
>     kind regards,
> 
>     David Sommerseth
>     OpenVPN Technologies, Inc

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