On 2014-7-28, at 15:28, Eric Rescorla <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 6:08 AM, Derek Fawcus 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Yes.  At least the RST flag.
> 
> Unfortunately RST is precisely the situation that's most problematic,
> because it's also how the other side behaves when it has lost state,
> perhaps due to a reboot.

+1

Protecting the RST is therefore probably impossible.

> So, it seems like we at least want RST
> protection to be optional.

I don't think it even works as an option, because if the other side has lost 
state, it needs to send an unprotected RST.

> And if we're not protecting RST, it's
> generally not worth protecting other headers, AFAICT.

+1

Lars

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