IPP Mail Archive: RE: IPP> FW: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-tls-https-02.txt

RE: IPP> FW: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-tls-https-02.txt

Wenn, John C (jwenn@cp10.es.xerox.com)
Thu, 25 Feb 1999 13:41:52 -0800

This draft describes the old-style/classic/depreciated method of doing
security by https:// over a separte port number (443). Since this method
has specifically been vetoed by the area director, the method isn't one we
should worry about.

/John

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Manros, Carl-Uno B [mailto:cmanros@cp10.es.xerox.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 1999 3:11 PM
> To: IETF-IPP
> Cc: Wenn, John; Herriot, Bob
> Subject: IPP> FW: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-tls-https-02.txt
>
>
> FYI,
>
> It seems that this document tackles HTTP over TLS a bit
> differently from
> what we have in our IPP/1.1 draft.
> Seems that we should try to harmonize this with our solution
> in the March
> IETF meeting.
>
> Carl-Uno
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Internet-Drafts@ietf.org [mailto:Internet-Drafts@ietf.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 1999 2:33 PM
> To: IETF Transport Layer Security WG
> Cc: ietf-tls@consensus.com
> Subject: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-tls-https-02.txt
>
>
> A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts
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> This draft is a work item of the Transport Layer Security
> Working Group of
> the IETF.
>
> Title : HTTP Over TLS
> Author(s) : E. Rescorla
> Filename : draft-ietf-tls-https-02.txt
> Pages : 6
> Date : 22-Feb-99
>
> This memo describes how to use TLS to secure HTTP connections over
> the Internet. Current practice is to layer HTTP over SSL
> (the prede-
> cessor to TLS), distinguishing secured traffic from
> insecure traffic
> by the use of a different server port. This document documents that
> practice using TLS. A companion document describes a
> method for using
> HTTP/TLS over the same port as normal HTTP.
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