On Thu, Jul 14, 2022 at 9:47 AM Paul Wouters <p...@nohats.ca> wrote:

> On Thu, 14 Jul 2022, Rob Sayre wrote:
>
> > cover the maximal-compatibility concerns for 1.2, but recommend 1.3 and
> don't require 1.2.
>
> If someone wrote a new app implementation and follows this advise by
> only implementing TLS 1.3, how well would it interoperate with existing
> apps/servers it needs to talk to? I feel this would not go well.
>

It would likely be fine for almost all applications. Here is some data on
the matter:

https://caniuse.com/tls1-3



> The text could say something along the lines of "SHOULD implement TLS
> 1.2 unless it is known that for its application TLS 1.3 is widely
> available, or is a Green Field deployment where all parties are known
> to support TLS 1.3".
>

This is the right way to use SHOULD (with a clear explanation), but I still
don't agree, and that's ok.

thanks,
Rob
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