# Re: https

David Brownell (David.Brownell@eng.sun.com)
Wed, 14 Apr 1999 09:37:10 -0700

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    From: David.Brownell@eng.sun.com (David Brownell)

    Message-Id: <199904141637.JAA08631@shorter.eng.sun.com>

    Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 09:37:10 -0700

    To: "dragomir yankov" <bobek77@hotmail.com>, <java-security@web2.javasoft.com>

    Subject: Re: https

It's probably an SSL v2 "hello" message, though I don't have
time just now to pick the bits apart. You may need the Netscape
versions of specs (http://www.netscape.com/eng/security) to
make sense of the compatibility/migration rules applying here.

- Dave

"dragomir yankov" <bobek77@hotmail.com> wrote:
>Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 07:56:18 PDT
> Hi!
>I am writing an implementation of the SSL protocol. I have already
>developed the most vital parts of the protocol but now I face an
>unexpected problem. When using my SSL server with Netscape or IE
>browsers, instead of the ClientHello, as described in the IETF draft
>from November 18, 1996:
>
> struct {
> ProtocolVersion client_version;
> Random random;
> SessionID session_id;
> CipherSuite cipher_suites<2..2^16-1>;
> CompressionMethod compression_methods<1..2^8-1>;
> } ClientHello;
>I receive messages of the form:
> 801C0103000008000000100000036131BD079C070EE992320F29C0910BFE
>which decoded has nothing to do with the above described structure.
>My question is: could you point me some resources where the
>https-protocol is described, so that I could learn how to interpret
>the ByteArray I receive as ClientHello from different browsers.
>
> Looking forward to hearing from you.
> Dragomir Yankov
>
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