On Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 3:18 PM, Viktor Dukhovni <ietf-d...@dukhovni.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 01:49:49PM -0700, Eric Rescorla wrote: > > > "Nobody must ever be *required* to send an alert. Any requirement for > > sending an alert should be SHOULD, at most." > To be clear, you're quoting me quoting Brian Smith. This isn't my position. > Interoperability problems are hard enough to debug even when alerts > are sent, and they are *very* useful. If the peer just hangs up, > we don't know whether it crashed, refused service, enforced some > protocol or policy constraint, ... > > I help many users debug TLS connectivity issues, and would be > considerably hampered in this without alert information. > > -- > Viktor. > > _______________________________________________ > TLS mailing list > TLS@ietf.org > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/tls >
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