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Rephrase downgrade window during updates
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DavidSchinazi committed Oct 5, 2022
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* Finally, the third step is to progressively remove support for the version
from all server instances. That step updates the Acceptable Versions.


Note that this opens connections to version downgrades (but only for
partially-deployed versions) during the update window, since those could be due
to clients communicating with both updated and non-updated server instances.
Note that, during the update window, connections are vulnerable to downgrade
attacks for partially-deployed versions. This is because a client cannot
distinguish such a downgrade attack from legitimate exchanges with both updated
and non-updated server instances.


# Application Layer Protocol Considerations
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