RFC 9850 on The SSLKEYLOGFILE Format for TLS

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Subject: RFC 9850 on The SSLKEYLOGFILE Format for TLS
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        RFC 9850

        Title:      The SSLKEYLOGFILE Format for TLS
        Author:     M. Thomson,
                    Y. Rosomakho,
                    H. Tschofenig
        Status:     Informational
        Stream:     IETF
        Date:       July 2026
        Mailbox:    mt@lowentropy.net,
                    yrosomakho@zscaler.com,
                    Hannes.Tschofenig@gmx.net
        Pages:      12


        I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-tls-keylogfile-05

        URL:        https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9850

        DOI:        10.17487/RFC9850

This document describes a format that supports logging information about the secrets used in a TLS connection. Recording secrets to a file in SSLKEYLOGFILE format allows diagnostic and logging tools that use this file to decrypt messages exchanged by TLS endpoints. This format is intended for use in systems where TLS only protects test data.

This document is a product of the Transport Layer Security Working Group of the IETF.

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