FWIW, while I don't think we should be doing much enhancement of (D)TLS
1.2, I also don't think it makes sense not to allow enhancements to 1.3 to
be used with 1.2 where that makes sense, as it seems to here.

-Ekr


On Thu, Nov 4, 2021 at 11:05 AM Achim Kraus <achimkr...@gmx.net> wrote:

> Hi Sean,
>
> I hope, the answer of Hannes counts as "significant justification".
>
> Most of the discussion and arguments are about TLS 1.2 and 1.3.
>
> Just to be clear:
> RRC will only apply to DTLS, 1.2 and 1.3. There is no usage for TLS.
> And for RRC, Hannes and Thomas wants to use the "Flags Extension".
>
> I'm not sure, how fast DTLS 1.2 deployments will be moved to DTLS 1.3.
> But I'm pretty sure, that DTLS 1.2 with Connection ID will make many
> NB-IoT solutions possible, and RRC will help to defend that against
> attacks.
>
> best regards
> Achim Kraus
> Eclipse/Californium
> (Currently DTLS 1.2 only ;-) )
>
> Am 04.11.21 um 14:27 schrieb Sean Turner:
> > Hannes,
> >
> > Sorry I forgot to answer this, but John pretty much answered it for me.
> The prevailing notion that the WG has been under is that extensions defined
> are for TLS 1.3. We put the following in the charter to make that clear:
> >
> >     Changes or additions to older versions of (D)TLS whether
> >     via extensions or ciphersuites are discouraged and require
> >     significant justification to be taken on as work items.
> >
> > So ... do you have a significant justification?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > spt
> >
> >> On Nov 4, 2021, at 09:11, John Mattsson <john.mattsson=
> 40ericsson....@dmarc.ietf.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> TLS 1.2 has been obsolete for over three years. Oxford dictionary
> defines obsolete as "no longer produced or used; out of date." NIST
> requires support of TLS 1.3 everywhere no later than Jan 2024, which at
> least in theory means no negotiation of TLS 1.2.
> >>
> >> I think IETF, TLS WG, and TLS libraries should spend their time on TLS
> 1.3 rather than giving the false idea it is ok to stay on TLS 1.2.
> >>
> >> John
> >>
> >> From: TLS <tls-boun...@ietf.org> on behalf of Hannes Tschofenig <
> hannes.tschofe...@arm.com>
> >> Date: Monday, 25 October 2021 at 19:12
> >> To: IETF TLS <tls@ietf.org>
> >> Subject: [TLS] Flags Extension: why only for TLS 1.3?
> >>
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> why is the flags extension only defined for TLS 1.3?
> >>
> >> There is nothing in this extension that prevents us from using it also
> in TLS 1.2.
> >>
> >> Could we make it also available to TLS 1.2?
> >>
> >> Ciao
> >> Hannes
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