File formats:

Status:

PROPOSED STANDARD

Authors:

M. Miller
P. Saint-Andre

Stream:

IETF

Source:

xmpp (art)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC7711

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Abstract

Experience has shown that it is difficult to deploy proper PKIX certificates for Transport Layer Security (TLS) in multi-tenanted environments. As a result, domains hosted in such environments often deploy applications using certificates that identify the hosting service, not the hosted domain. Such deployments force end users and peer services to accept a certificate with an improper identifier, resulting in degraded security. This document defines methods that make it easier to deploy certificates for proper server identity checking in non-HTTP application protocols. Although these methods were developed for use in the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) as a Domain Name Association (DNA) prooftype, they might also be usable in other non-HTTP application protocols.

For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.