RFC 6176

"Prohibiting Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Version 2.0", March 2011

Canonical URL:

http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6176.txt
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Status:

PROPOSED STANDARD

Updates:

RFC 2246, RFC 4346, RFC 5246

Authors:

S. Turner
T. Polk

Stream:

IETF

Source:

tls (sec)

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Abstract

This document requires that when Transport Layer Security (TLS) clients and servers establish connections, they never negotiate the use of Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) version 2.0. This document updates the backward compatibility sections found in the Transport Layer Security (TLS). [STANDARDS-TRACK]

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 4844.