Hi,

> >>     Implementations and deployments SHOULD disable TLS-level compression
> >>     ([RFC5246], Section 6.2.2).
> >
> > Because it's not yet clear to me that all application protocols using
> > TLS or DTLS are subject to these compression-based attacks (at least, I
> > have not yet seen analysis of all the many such protocols), personally I
> > would hesitate at this time to say that all protocols MUST disable
> > TLS-level compression.
> >
>
> At this point it does not hurt to have it a MUST either, right? Are
> there any serious implications for implementors or deployed applications
> if we have TLS-compression as `MUST be disabled` in the document?
>
>
+1 - I never felt comfortable with compression being decided by the
underlying layer and not the application itself.
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