On Thu, Apr 23, 2020, at 5:23 PM, Eric Rescorla wrote:
> 
> 
> On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 4:58 PM Martin Thomson <[email protected]> wrote:
> > What makes this case interesting is the non-machine time that might exist 
> > between receiving CertificateRequest and sending Certificate.
> > 
> >  In most of the exchanges, we expect there to be an answer that is 
> > immediately available, so that the implicit ACK works. Here we have to 
> > recognize that ACK might need to be sent anyway if the Certificate message 
> > is going to take time to source.
> > 
> >  If we don't have something already, it might pay to at least mention that 
> > if there are significant delays involved in preparing a response, an ACK 
> > SHOULD be sent rather than relying on implicit acknowledgment.
> 
> That text is already there, thanks to Hanno.

Indeed. Given this recent addition, perhaps it's easiest to do nothing. 

Best,
Chris (no hat)

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