Ben Laurie wrote:
>
> Rob Heittman wrote:
> >
> > > The inherent problem is that SSL handshake (and therefore certificate
> > > exchange) occurs _before_ any data is sent, including, of course, the
> > > HTTP request which will determine the correct name-based virtual host.
> >
> > D'oh! Ignorance of the protocol is no excuse :-) I guess if it worked
> > the way I was picturing, they'd be renaming it "Application Layer
> > Security" instead of TLS. Oh well, to the rubbish bin with that notion.
> > Thanks!
>
> OTOH, I do keep meaning to bring this one up on the TLS WG. I will while
> I'm thinking about it.
I guess no chance. Tim Hudson had asked about a general purpose and/or
hostname specific field w/o any feedback.
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