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

Sean Turner <sean@sn3rd.com> Mon, 13 July 2026 15:07 UTC

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Subject: [TLS] Re: RFC 9846 on The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol Version 1.3
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Congrats to all who participated in the development of this RFC!

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> On Jul 11, 2026, at 12:06, rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org 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
>        Stream:     IETF
>        Date:       July 2026
>        Mailbox:    ekr@rtfm.com
>        Pages:      137
>        Updates:    RFC 5705, RFC 6066
>        Obsoletes:  RFC 5077, RFC 5246, RFC 6961, RFC 7627, RFC 8422, RFC 8446
> 
> 
>        I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-tls-rfc8446bis-14
> 
>        URL:        https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9846
> 
>        DOI:        10.17487/RFC9846
> 
> 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.
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