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…gate TLS stack fingerprinting Go's crypto/tls uses maxUselessRecords=16, while BoringSSL, OpenSSL, and Apple Security Framework all use a threshold of 32. This discrepancy allows active probers to distinguish REALITY servers from real web servers by comparing the ChangeCipherSpec error threshold before and after triggering the fallback. Aligning to 32 eliminates this specific fingerprinting vector while maintaining conservative DoS protection. Reference: refraction-networking/utls#171 (client-side fix by @RPRX)
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Problem
The current
maxUselessRecordsvalue is set to16, directly copied from Go'scrypto/tlsstandard library. However, the mainstream TLS stacks used by most web servers have a different threshold:crypto/tlsThis discrepancy creates a detectable behavioral fingerprint. An active prober can:
Fix
Change
maxUselessRecordsfrom16to32to align with the behavior of BoringSSL, OpenSSL, Safari, and Cloudflare.Rationale for value 32
32for CCS + empty AppData (source)32for the shared non-advancing record counterNote on prior art
This same discrepancy was already identified and fixed on the client side in uTLS via refraction-networking/utls#171, but the corresponding server-side code in XTLS/REALITY was never updated.
Scope
This is a necessary but not sufficient fix:
Impact
32is still a conservative DoS protection threshold