RFC 7918
Transport Layer Security (TLS) False Start, August 2016
- File formats:
- Status:
- INFORMATIONAL
- Authors:
- A. Langley
N. Modadugu
B. Moeller - Stream:
- IETF
- Source:
- tls (sec)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC7918
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Abstract
This document specifies an optional behavior of Transport Layer Security (TLS) client implementations, dubbed "False Start". It affects only protocol timing, not on-the-wire protocol data, and can be implemented unilaterally. A TLS False Start reduces handshake latency to one round trip.
For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.
For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.