File formats:

Status:

PROPOSED STANDARD

Obsoleted by:

RFC 4366

Updates:

RFC 2246

Authors:

S. Blake-Wilson
M. Nystrom
D. Hopwood
J. Mikkelsen
T. Wright

Stream:

IETF

Source:

tls (sec)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC3546

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Abstract

This document describes extensions that may be used to add functionality to Transport Layer Security (TLS). It provides both generic extension mechanisms for the TLS handshake client and server hellos, and specific extensions using these generic mechanisms. The extensions may be used by TLS clients and servers. The extensions are backwards compatible - communication is possible between TLS 1.0 clients that support the extensions and TLS 1.0 servers that do not support the extensions, and vice versa. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.