The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol Version 1.3
draft-ietf-tls-rfc8446bis-14

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Subject: Protocol Action: 'The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol Version 1.3' to Proposed Standard (draft-ietf-tls-rfc8446bis-13.txt)

The IESG has approved the following document:
- 'The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol Version 1.3'
  (draft-ietf-tls-rfc8446bis-13.txt) as Proposed Standard

This document is the product of the Transport Layer Security Working Group.

The IESG contact persons are Paul Wouters and Deb Cooley.

A URL of this Internet-Draft is:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-tls-rfc8446bis/

Ballot Text

Technical Summary

   This document specifies version 1.3 of the Transport Layer Security
   (TLS) protocol.  TLS allows client/server applications to communicate
   over the Internet in a way that is designed to prevent eavesdropping,
   tampering, and message forgery.

   This document updates RFCs 5705, 6066, 7627, and 8422 and obsoletes
   RFCs 5077, 5246, 6961, 8422, and 8446.  This document also specifies
   new requirements for TLS 1.2 implementations.

Working Group Summary

    Consensus - no issues

Document Quality

   There are numerous implementations of TLS 1.3; this I-D is to make
   clarifications for those implementations. No existing implementations are not
   listed in the I-D.


Personnel

   The Document Shepherd for this document is Sean Turner. The Responsible
   Area Director is Paul Wouters.

RFC Editor Note