[Uta] RFC 9852 on New Protocols Using TLS Must Require TLS 1.3

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        BCP 195
        RFC 9852

        Title:      New Protocols Using TLS Must Require TLS 1.3
        Author:     R. Salz,
                    N. Aviram
        Status:     Best Current Practice
        Stream:     IETF
        Date:       July 2026
        Mailbox:    rsalz@akamai.com,
                    nimrod.aviram@gmail.com
        Pages:      7
        Updates:    RFC 9325


        I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-uta-require-tls13-12

        URL:        https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9852

        DOI:        10.17487/RFC9852

TLS 1.3 is widely used, has had comprehensive security proofs, and improves both security and privacy deficiencies in TLS 1.2. Therefore, new protocols that use TLS must require TLS 1.3. As DTLS 1.3 is not widely available or deployed, this prescription does not pertain to DTLS (in any DTLS version); it pertains to TLS only.

This document updates RFC 9325. It discusses post-quantum cryptography and the security and privacy improvements in TLS 1.3 as the rationale for the update.

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

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