RFC 7817 on Updated Transport Layer Security (TLS) Server Identity Check Procedure for Email-Related Protocols

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A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries.

        
        RFC 7817

        Title:      Updated Transport Layer Security (TLS) 
                    Server Identity Check Procedure for Email-Related 
                    Protocols 
        Author:     A. Melnikov
        Status:     Standards Track
        Stream:     IETF
        Date:       March 2016
        Mailbox:    alexey.melnikov@isode.com
        Pages:      13
        Characters: 29855
        Updates:    RFC 2595, RFC 3207, RFC 3501, RFC 5804

        I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-uta-email-tls-certs-09.txt

        URL:        https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7817

        DOI:        http://dx.doi.org/10.17487/RFC7817

This document describes the Transport Layer Security (TLS) server
identity verification procedure for SMTP Submission, IMAP, POP, and
ManageSieve clients.  It replaces Section 2.4 (Server Identity Check)
of RFC 2595 and updates Section 4.1 (Processing After the STARTTLS
Command) of RFC 3207, Section 11.1 (STARTTLS Security Considerations)
of RFC 3501, and Section 2.2.1 (Server Identity Check) of RFC 5804.

This document is a product of the Using TLS in Applications Working Group of the IETF.

This is now a Proposed Standard.

STANDARDS TRACK: This document specifies an Internet Standards Track
protocol for the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions
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