Clear Session ID in SSLV3

[Marcus J. Ranum]

Does anyone have a pointer to why the session ID in SSLV3 is
in the clear, rather than encrypted? I'm sure there's a good
reason for it (audit? logging? other...?)  but I'm trying to
pin down exactly why it was done that way. Can anyone point
me in the right direction?

mjr.
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