[TLS] Re: RFC 9846 on The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol Version 1.3

Michael Richardson <[email protected]> Sat, 11 Jul 2026 13:38:01 -0400

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[email protected] wrote:
    > A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries.

    > RFC 9846

    > Title:      The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol Version 1.3
    > Author:     E. Rescorla
    > Status:     Proposed Standard

Congrats.  I know it's been a long haul.
It's PS, as there are many merging of texts.
Will it get propoted to IS in two years?

    > 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 obsoletes RFC 8446, which specified TLS 1.3. This
    > document obsoletes RFC 5246 (specifying TLS 1.2) and RFCs 5077, 6961,
    > 7627, and 8422, all of which pertain to TLS 1.2 or earlier, and updates
    > RFCs 5705 and 6066. This document also specifies new requirements for
    > TLS 1.2 implementations.

https://author-tools.ietf.org/diff?doc_1=rfc8446&doc_2=rfc9846&iddiff=1

Very readable... I wish the iddiff knew to ignore "-" => "*" in bullet
points.

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