Leo Bicknell:
> In a message written on Tue, Feb 02, 2021 at 04:54:18PM +0000, Antonio Leding
> wrote:
> > You're not doin' well son...quit diggin' and go back to rethink your
> > approach. I dare say at least a majority on this list, including
> > myself, will trust Viktor et al a far bit more than someone coming in
> > from the cold who freely admits the are not "well versed" in the app,
> > nor a key protocol used by that app, but then still feels qualified to
> > argue as to the (falsely) alleged flaws in that app...
>
> This is not the first place I've discussed this, and the usual
> reception is some fascination at the interplay of the TLS library
> and the application. I have found many opinions of the severity
> or urgency, but I have yet in any previous community had anyone
> argue that dropping the TLS connection was a good behavior.
>
> I absolutely did not expect such a strong response suggesting this
> was good or even intentional. Perhaps I handled Viktor's reponse
> poorly as a result.
Allow me to be the bad cop. There is no data loss with the way that
Postfix closes TLS. In the real world, politely waiting just does
not make sense.
Allow me to annoy you further. I am the person who wrote the SMTP
client code that hangs up after sending QUIT without waiting for
the server's response. Also the person who wrote the code that
unceremoniously closes a cached connection when it is no longer
needed, whether or not that connection uses TLS.
Wietse
