From: Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Tuning GnuTLS
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:12:45 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87bot2axsy.fsf@lifelogs.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87pqikpo6v.fsf@lifelogs.com
On Wed, 28 Sep 2011 12:32:56 -0500 Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> wrote:
TZ> On Mon, 18 Jul 2011 05:23:16 +0200 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> wrote:
LMI> We should strive to make TLS connections as painless as possible, and
LMI> involving as little user intervention as possible, while preserving a
LMI> reasonable level of security.
LMI> So far, two failure points have been identified:
LMI> 1) Some servers sends a prime with fewer bits than the accepted default.
LMI> I think the right thing to do here is to just default
LMI> `gnutls-min-prime-bits' to a lower number than the default GnuTLS
LMI> number. I don't know what that number should be, but I think people who
LMI> want better bits than that can adjust this number upwards.
LMI> 2) Servers presenting broken, er, certificates with certain algorithms.
LMI> If negotiation with DHE-RSA has failed, then negotiation without that
LMI> algorithm should be attempted. But is it possible to fall back to
LMI> plain-text? I don't really know how that works. But if that's
LMI> possible, the fall-back should obviously stop before it gets that far.
LMI> After a priority has been established, I then think that the priority
LMI> for this specific server/port pair should be saved via Customize, so
LMI> that the next connection can be done faster automatically, without the
LMI> need for all this negotiation.
TZ> Could you ask on the GnuTLS dev list? Both of these are possible AFAICT
TZ> but perhaps they have suggestions for the implementation specifics.
Ping? I haven't seen anything on the GnuTLS dev list. Do you want me to
ask?
Thanks
Ted
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-10-27 22:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-07-18 3:23 Tuning GnuTLS Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-09-28 17:32 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-10-06 19:07 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-10-10 21:46 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-10-27 22:12 ` Ted Zlatanov [this message]
2011-11-03 20:12 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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