On 17/03/2021 07:15, Ben Smyth wrote:
Perhaps one scenario where that
behaviour is useful: An endpoint is about to be comprimised and raises an
alert to avoid secrets being leaked.

I'd have tout that a section 6.2 Error Alert would be more
appropriate in such a situation, than the (implicitly
non-error) section 6.1 Closure Alert I'm discussing.

Do you at least agree that Google is in violation of the 6.1
wording requiring that it sends a Close Alert before sending
a TCP FIN?
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Cheers,
  Jeremy

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