[TLS] Protocol Action: 'Importing External PSKs for TLS' to Proposed Standard (draft-ietf-tls-external-psk-importer-08.txt)

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Subject: [TLS] Protocol Action: 'Importing External PSKs for TLS' to Proposed Standard (draft-ietf-tls-external-psk-importer-08.txt)

The IESG has approved the following document:
- 'Importing External PSKs for TLS'
  (draft-ietf-tls-external-psk-importer-08.txt) as Proposed Standard

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

The IESG contact persons are Paul Wouters and Roman Danyliw.

A URL of this Internet Draft is:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-tls-external-psk-importer/





Technical Summary

   This document describes an interface for importing external Pre-
   Shared Keys (PSKs) into TLS 1.3.

Working Group Summary

Since this document addresses some potential security issues in TLS 1.3 there was a fair amount of discussion in the working group.  At this point there is good consensus for the document within the working group.

Document Quality


There are implementations of the protocol and a number of implementers have shown interest.   The document has had review in the context of the "selfie" attack which it helps to address. 

Personnel

Document Shepherd is Joe Salowey.  
Responsible Area Director is Roman Danyliw.

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