On Fri, Jan 22, 2021, at 1:54 AM, Nick Harper wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 9:46 PM Martin Thomson <m...@lowentropy.net> wrote:
> > In other words, each flag is treated just like an empty extension: you can 
> > initiate an exchange with it, but you can only answer with it if it was 
> > initiated with it.
> > 
> I agree that this is the correct guiding principle for handling flags. 
> We should allow unsolicited flags in the same places we allow 
> unsolicited extensions. Going by section 4.2 of RFC 8446, that would be 
> ClientHello, CertificateRequest, and NewSessionTicket. 

+1 -- and thanks, Martin, for summarizing the principle so elegantly!

Best,
Chris

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