On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 03:18:30PM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: > On 09/12/2015 10:49 PM, Eric Rescorla wrote: > > Issue: https://github.com/tlswg/tls13-spec/issues/242 > > > > In https://github.com/tlswg/tls13-spec/pull/231, Brian Smith argues: > > > > "Nobody must ever be *required* to send an alert. Any requirement for > > sending an alert should be SHOULD, at most." > > Using full-duplex TCP, it's difficult to get a fatal alert over the wire > if you want to close the connection immediately:
But if you have a fatal error you'll be closing immediately anyways. Does sending the fatal alert cause a problem other than increase the likelihood of RSTs? What is the alternative considering that the next step is to close the connection anyways? Nico -- _______________________________________________ TLS mailing list TLS@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/tls
