On 1/19/12 9:02 AM, [email protected] wrote:
> 
> Hi Gabor,
> 
> Peter's comment : "I think it would be better to consider the various
> threat levels and then decide how to provide reasonable protection against
> them in a comprehensive way." makes sense.
> It is unnecessary to specify requirements such as the need for OCSP in
> case certificate based authentication is used etc.
> Rather, lets specify a broader set of security requirements based on the
> threat model and let the solution(s) decide what would be the best
> approach for dealing with such security needs.

Typically, IETF protocols specify a baseline (e.g., minimum TLS version,
rules for cert checking) so that we can ensure basic interoperability.
Is there a reason why we would not do the same here?

Peter

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Peter Saint-Andre
https://stpeter.im/


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