Hi Hosnieh,

On 20.11.25 10:48, H.Rafiee wrote:

Before making any judgments, I kindly ask that you review my earlier messages where I shared the exact key names I was concerned about.

Each one of your emails has problems in key names that I have highlighted in responses to each email, e.g., [0,1].

You were repeatedly referred to [2] to understand how the key schedule in TLS 1.3 works. I haven't seen any evidence in the interaction that you have even skimmed that. For example, the very first figure there clearly shows PSK and Main Secret as two separate keys, and you were until your last email still colluding PSK and Main Secret.

My intention was only to raise a valid security concern regarding a possible attack.

Calling it "valid" without proper justification is just illogical to me. I (and Thom) have tried to clarify you that your concern is not valid, rather a misunderstanding of the key schedule and the guarantees that PSK-based handshake provides.

Unfortunately, instead of addressing it in detail, it was treated as if I were spamming.

How much more "detail" do you expect than [0,1] for example? You were referred to [2] which has full details of key schedule. I am curious to know which "detail" is missing in [2].

I regret that our communication has left me feeling disappointed.

There is nothing to be disappointed. You were welcomed in [1] to submit an Internet-Draft with a better proposal for key schedule that the WG can then discuss.

I had hoped for more openness to different perspectives, but I understand your approach.

Same as above.

-Usama

[0] https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/tls/17zIQeq9mE0TUXQip1OSTg_l_pg/

[1] https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/tls/A3cljbCAYzBPk7vE2qm-iyxi14M/

[2] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/396245726_Perspicuity_of_Attestation_Mechanisms_in_Confidential_Computing_Validation_of_TLS_13_Key_Schedule

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