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On Sep 26, 2011, at 11:11 PM, Yoav Nir wrote: > > On Sep 26, 2011, at 5:25 AM, Paul Hoffman wrote: > >> On Sep 25, 2011, at 7:20 PM, Stuart Cheshire wrote: >> >>>> % svn info https://svn.tools.ietf.org/svn/wg/hybi >>>> svn: OPTIONS of 'https://svn.tools.ietf.org/svn/wg/hybi': SSL negotiation failed: SSL error code -1/1/336032856 (https://svn.tools.ietf.org) >>> >>> If you're on a Mac, can you please try this command for me and let me know if it works for you or gives the 336032856 error? >> >> Happens to everyone with a Mac. Someone else will chime in before we Californians wake up tomorrow saying what the problem is. Speculation on a different list was that this is a mismatch between SSL library versions with some interaction with the new TLS renegotiation fix, but I haven't seen substantiation. > > I guess you're awake by now, but here goes. I'm attaching a tcpdump capture. > > The client sends a SNI extension with the name "svn.tools.ietf.org". For some reason the server does not recognize the name. This is particularly puzzling because the CommonName in the server certificate is "*.tools.ietf.org", which is usually considered a match. The server sends a warning-level "unrecognized name" alert, and the client breaks the connection. Here's what RFC 6066 has to say on the subject: > > If the server understood the ClientHello extension but > does not recognize the server name, the server SHOULD take one of two > actions: either abort the handshake by sending a fatal-level > unrecognized_name(112) alert or continue the handshake. It is NOT > RECOMMENDED to send a warning-level unrecognized_name(112) alert, > because the client's behavior in response to warning-level alerts is > unpredictable. > > Unpredictable indeed. > > Anyway, the server is wrong to send the alert on two counts: the name does match, and the warning-level alert violates a "NOT RECOMMENDED"/ > > OTOH, the client should not abort on a warning level alert. > > My opinion: it's the server that is more wrong. > > Yoav > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf > > Scanned by Check Point Total Security Gateway.
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