[TLS] Re: RFC 9850 on The SSLKEYLOGFILE Format for TLS

Sean Turner <sean@sn3rd.com> Thu, 16 July 2026 00:01 UTC

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Subject: [TLS] Re: RFC 9850 on The SSLKEYLOGFILE Format for TLS
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Congrats to all that participated in the development of this RFC!

Cheers,
spt

> On Jul 15, 2026, at 19:41, rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org wrote:
> 
> A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries.
> 
>        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.
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