Let's not do this.

See https://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/tls/current/msg19347.html for an
alternative design for this that does not require weakening TLS.

-Ekr



On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 2:24 PM, Phil Lello <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a use-case for allowing an MITM to monitor traffic, but not
> impersonate a server, and to allow MITM signing for replay of
> server-responses to support caching.
>
> As far as I'm aware, TLS currently only supports a shared-secret once
> session initialisation is complete, so I'd need to extend the protocol to
> support asymmetric encryption for the session.
>
> Would there be interest in extending TLS to:
>   - allow monitoring-with-consent (based on asymmetric encryption)?
>   - allow re-signing from an authorised MITM to support caching?
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Phil Lello
>
>
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