Alert Protocol in TSL

06/26/2009
One of the content types supported by the TLS record layer is the
alert type.Alert messages convey the severity of the message
(warning or fatal) and a description of the alert.Alert messages
with a level of fatal result in the immediate termination of the
connection.In this case, other connections corresponding to the
session may continue, but the session identifier MUST be invalidated,
preventing the failed session from being used to establish new
connections.Like other messages, alert messages are encrypted and
compressed, as specified by the current connection state.

enum { warning(1), fatal(2), (255) } AlertLevel;

enum {
close_notify(0),
unexpected_message(10),
bad_record_mac(20),
decryption_failed_RESERVED(21),
record_overflow(22),
decompression_failure(30),
handshake_failure(40),
no_certificate_RESERVED(41),
bad_certificate(42),
unsupported_certificate(43),
certificate_revoked(44),
certificate_expired(45),
certificate_unknown(46),
illegal_parameter(47),
unknown_ca(48),
access_denied(49),
decode_error(50),
decrypt_error(51),
export_restriction_RESERVED(60),
protocol_version(70),
insufficient_security(71),
internal_error(80),
user_canceled(90),
no_renegotiation(100),
unsupported_extension(110),
(255)
} AlertDescription;

struct {
AlertLevel level;
AlertDescription description;
} Alert;
Posted in: Internet Topic| Tags: Protocol TSL Alert RFC 6246 certificate pre record message warning reserved session error

Fragmentation in TSL

06/26/2009
The record layer fragments information blocks into TLSPlaintext
records carrying data in chunks of 2^14 bytes or less.Client
message boundaries are not preserved in the record layer (i.e.,
multiple client messages of the same ContentType MAY be coalesced
into a single TLSPlaintext record, or a single message MAY be
fragmented across several records).

struct {
uint8 major;
uint8 minor;
} ProtocolVersion;

enum {
change_cipher_spec(20), alert(21), handshake(22),
application_data(23), (255)
} ContentType;

struct {
ContentType type;
ProtocolVersion version;
uint16 length;
opaque fragment[TLSPlaintext.length];
} TLSPlaintext;

type
The higher-level protocol used to process the enclosed fragment.
version
The version of the protocol being employed.This document
describes TLS Version 1.2, which uses the version { 3, 3 }.The
version value 3.3 is historical, deriving from the use of {3, 1}
for TLS 1.0.(See Appendix A.1.)Note that a client that
supports multiple versions of TLS may not know what version will
be employed before it receives the ServerHello.See Appendix E
for discussion about what record layer version number should be
employed for ClientHello.

length
The length (in bytes) of the following TLSPlaintext.fragment.The
length MUST NOT exceed 2^14.

fragment
The application data.This data is transparent and treated as an
independent block to be dealt with by the higher-level protocol
specified by the type field.

Implementations MUST NOT send zero-length fragments of Handshake,
Alert, or ChangeCipherSpec content types.Zero-length fragments of
Application data MAY be sent as they are potentially useful as a
traffic analysis countermeasure.

Note: Data of different TLS record layer content types MAY be
interleaved.Application data is generally of lower precedence for
transmission than other content types.However, records MUST be
delivered to the network in the same order as they are protected by
the record layer.Recipients MUST receive and process interleaved
application layer traffic during handshakes subsequent to the first
one on a connection.
Posted in: Internet Topic| Tags: TLS TSL Fragmentation Record Layer Application version fragment must length layer pre tlsplaintext record

Compiling a Good Mailing List Through Downloads

05/02/2009

A mailing record is the lifeblood of your online business. The vintage adage "the currency is in the list" will not be factual enough -- if you had a focused at record of prospects to convey each time you have a new merchandise, you will be masterful to save more of effort by exchanging it to your residing record of focused at prospects.

You can truly build up a focused at record of prospects that are included in your wares by recommending an applicable download on your website. For demonstration, let's take a stare at a very good demonstration -- apple.com. When you download the free iTunes and Quicktime programs from their placement, they will inquire you to consignment up in an optional label and internet note pattern in rank that they can move ahead you flaunts on components of tunes that you can pay for by -- assess where -- iTunes!

In certainty, you do not need to offer such a "heavyweight" download for instance a full-feature programs like iTunes. You can request prospects similarly well with some worth freebies for instance a not hard report, a free wallpaper, and so on. The noteworthy thing is that your download flaunts enough worth for the outlook to be enthusiastic to finish his/her own internet note address to get it.

However, slapping simultaneously a not hard download and putting a binding on your website won't be enough to request coached prospects. You will have to do some allocation in alignment for your lead-generating means to work well for you.

First of all, you should placement your download pattern prominently on your website. Preferably, dedicate a sheet to it and binding to that sheet from every other sheet of your website. That way, there is no way your travellers will not find the download sheet, and when they do, you'll get some of them modified into your prospects!

Also, you have to put a little effort into nurturing your download. Explain and very complex on the benchmarks of the download, and why your travellers should download it. You might trust why would any separate someone wish for to overtake on a freebie, but most of your travellers would be too untidily to take the effort to download it because most of their downloads just sit on the hard computer circular plate assembling virtual dust. It is consequently noteworthy to show clearly your travellers why they should download your freebie.

Posted in: Internet Topic| Tags: Download Good Mailing List Website record sheet quot list demonstration effort mailing placement

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