On 13-10-2014 16:23, Jim Starkey wrote:
> Why on earth would someone authenticate with SRP then drop in TLS?

...

> SRP/RC4 is robust, efficient, secure, and provides perfect forward
> security.  TLS is none of these.

I am not so sure about the security of RC4:
http://www.wisdom.weizmann.ac.il/~itsik/RC4/rc4.html
http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2013/11/12/security-advisory-2868725-recommendation-to-disable-rc4.aspx

Mark
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