On 09/12/2015 10:49 PM, Eric Rescorla wrote: > Issue: https://github.com/tlswg/tls13-spec/issues/242 > > In https://github.com/tlswg/tls13-spec/pull/231, Brian Smith argues: > > "Nobody must ever be *required* to send an alert. Any requirement for > sending an alert should be SHOULD, at most."
Using full-duplex TCP, it's difficult to get a fatal alert over the wire if you want to close the connection immediately: <http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/tls/current/msg08342.html> The workarounds proposed in that thread may not be always practical. -- Florian Weimer / Red Hat Product Security _______________________________________________ TLS mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/tls
