On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 10:36 AM, Nico Williams <n...@cryptonector.com> wrote:
> [Dropped a few lists.]
>
> On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 12:03 AM, Paul E. Jones <pau...@packetizer.com> wrote:
>> What issues, specifically.  (Messages are all over the place and I don’t
>> know exactly what issues you’re raising.  Is it with the approach we’re
>> proposing or something else?)
>
> The fundamental issue is that protecting the cookie alone is not
> enough.  On open wifi networks it's a fair assumption that the
> difficulty of active attacks is about the same as the difficulty of
> passive attacks.  Therefore you need to provide integrity protection
> for most of the request and most of the response, including the
> bodies.

You can repeat that statement as many times as you want, but that
doesn't make it true.

Adam
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