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Proposal for addressing interop issues with 9.2.2 #639

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10 changes: 9 additions & 1 deletion draft-ietf-httpbis-http2.xml
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Expand Up @@ -3712,7 +3712,15 @@ HTTP2-Settings = token68
Clients MAY advertise support of cipher suites that are prohibited by the above
restrictions in order to allow for connection to servers that do not support HTTP/2.
This enables a fallback to protocols without these constraints without the additional
latency imposed by using a separate connection for fallback.
latency imposed by using a separate connection for fallback. Prohibited cipher suites
MUST be advertised at a lower preference than permitted cipher suites.
</t>
<t>
Servers MAY allow unknown ciphers that are negotiated by a TLS 1.2 implementation.
This prevents potential interoperability issues involving future ciphers supported
by the underlying TLS 1.2 implementation, but are not yet understood by the server.
Due to the restrictions on clients above, prohibited cipher suites are still
prevented from use with HTTP/2.
</t>
</section>
</section>
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