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Date: Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:32:05 -0600
From: Marsh Ray <marsh@...endedsubset.com>
To: ArkanoiD <ark@...ex.net>
CC: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com, tls@...f.org
Subject: Re: [TLS] CVE-2009-3555 for TLS renegotiation MITM
attacks
ArkanoiD wrote:
> BTW renegotiation handshake looks quite similar to initial handshake from
> the client point of view;
Yeah, currently it looks identical.
> is there a way to detect the attack on client side
> and drop the connection?
With draft-rescorla-tls-renegotiate, the new header comes back to the
client on Server Hello, and this notifies the client that the server
believes it's a re-negotation. Even better, it ties it strongly to the
previous session, so legit renegotiations are protected, too.
- Marsh
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