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authorNikos Mavrogiannopoulos <nmav@gnutls.org>2012-09-13 18:57:41 +0200
committerNikos Mavrogiannopoulos <nmav@gnutls.org>2012-09-13 18:57:41 +0200
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@@ -188,6 +188,9 @@ on @xcite{RFC3749}. The supported algorithms are shown below.
@showenumdesc{gnutls_compression_method_t,Supported compression algorithms}
+Note that compression enables attacks such as traffic analysis, or even
+plaintext recovery under certain circumstances.
+
@node Weaknesses and countermeasures
@subsection Weaknesses and countermeasures