Has anyone sent a query to Win Treese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [TLS WG chair]
and perhaps the area directors looking for guidance?

The TLS Protocol Version 1.0 is in the process of being re-issued:

  http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-tls-rfc2246-bis-01.txt

and clearly this problem should be addressed in that document and by
the working group.  If this has not already been brought to their
attention, let me know and I will do so.

- Jeff

> Hmm, there's a problem that haven't been addressed at all by the 
> IETF.  SSLv3 contains the following as part of it's ciphersuite:
> 
>    The final cipher suites are for the FORTEZZA token.
> 
>      CipherSuite SSL_FORTEZZA_KEA_WITH_NULL_SHA         = { 
> 0X00,0X1C };
>      CipherSuite SSL_FORTEZZA_KEA_WITH_FORTEZZA_CBC_SHA = { 
> 0x00,0x1D };
>      CipherSuite SSL_FORTEZZA_KEA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA      = { 
> 0x00,0x1E };
> 
> Please note how the last one clashes with the first of the KRB5 
> suite.  Also, when one looks at RFC 2246 (TLS), there's this note at 
> the end of section A.5:
> 
>  Note: The cipher suite values { 0x00, 0x1C } and { 0x00, 0x1D } are
>        reserved to avoid collision with Fortezza-based cipher suites 
> in
>        SSL 3.
> 
> which indicates that SSL_FORTEZZA_KEA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA was not 
> considered or entirely dropped.  Still a clash, and I honestly 
> wouldn't have any idea on what to do with this.
> 
> If it wasn't for this, I'd apply the needed changes immediately.  As 
> it is now, I'd like to see this issue cleared first.
> 


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