[PATCH RFC 4/5] net/tls: Add support for PF_TLSH (a TLS handshake listener)

[Jakub Kicinski]

On Tue, 26 Apr 2022 13:48:20 +0000 Chuck Lever III wrote:
> > Create the socket in user space, do all the handshakes you need there
> > and then pass it to the kernel.  This is how NBD + TLS works.  Scales
> > better and requires much less kernel code.  
> 
> The RPC-with-TLS standard allows unencrypted RPC traffic on the connection
> before sending ClientHello. I think we'd like to stick with creating the
> socket in the kernel, for this reason and for the reasons Hannes mentions
> in his reply.

Umpf, I presume that's reviewed by security people in IETF so I guess
it's done right this time (tm).

Your wording seems careful not to imply that you actually need that,
tho. Am I over-interpreting?