Hello all,

I have a confusion about this specification, and I did a search of the mail 
archives, it seems not mentioned before :

rfc5246
7.4.1.3. Server Hello
cipher_suite
For resumed sessions, this field is the value from the state of the session 
being resumed.

There is not a 'MUST' to strict the server that cannot pick up a different 
cipher. Even we all know the resume must be failed.

So it's a little tricky if a server implementation does wrong but not 
explicitly against this RFC.

And refering rfc 2119
6. Guidance in the use of these Imperatives
In particular, they MUST only be used where it is actually required for 
interoperation or to limit behavior which has potential for causing harm (e.g., 
limiting retransmisssions)

eg. If the server does pick up a different cipher in server hello, it indeed 
cause a renegotiation instead of a successfuly resume.

So is that possible to make this specification more strict with a 'MUST'?

"For resumed sessions, this field s/is/MUST/ the value from the state of the 
session being resumed."

Thank you!
BR
Rik
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