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In TLS 1.3 client certs are sent over an encrypted link, and a reasonable client can and should wait for Finished from the server to arrive, at which point they're entirely sure of who their recipient is too.

Another nice thing is that TLS 1.3 servers can send a CertificateRequest asking for a particular _type_ of certificate, so (if that's ever used in anger) it lets us have clients that don't need to waste the user's time when they don't actually have a suitable certificate anyway. In earlier versions servers could only hint about which CAs they trust, not anything else.



Oh nice, that might be enough to put me back on team client certs!




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