Re: TLS protocol question

2004-07-13 Thread Richard Koenning
Frederic Evrard wrote: Ok thanks, and this HMACs keys are used to forge TLS Record Layer : Hanshake Protocol : Encrypted Hanshake Message HMACs(shared secret+DAta). Is it used to control integrity of the TLS Handshake packet ? Not for ensuring the integrity of the TLS Handshake packets, but for en

Re: TLS protocol question

2004-07-13 Thread Frederic Evrard
> Frederic Evrard wrote: >> I'm using open-ssl to do EAP-TLS authentication, then I've a question >> about something strange for me. >> When you want to use TLS to mount an encrypted tunnel, you need a >> session >> key, but in authentication you only need certificate checking ?? Why >> generate pr

RE: TLS protocol question

2004-07-12 Thread Areg Alimian
EAP-TLS is a bit different from conventional TLS in its use of TLS Handshake and TLS Record layers. Usually when you use TLS for let's say a web server authentication session, the TLS handshake layer is used for authentication and key material derivation, and subsequently the TLS Record layer is u

Re: TLS protocol question

2004-07-12 Thread Richard Koenning
Frederic Evrard wrote: I'm using open-ssl to do EAP-TLS authentication, then I've a question about something strange for me. When you want to use TLS to mount an uncrypted tunnel, you need a session key, but in authentication you only need certificate checking ?? Why generate pre-master-key, master