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RFC 7457: Summarizing Known Attacks on Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Datagram TLS (DTLS)

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Over the last few years, there have been several serious attacks on Transport Layer Security (TLS), including attacks on its most commonly used ciphers and modes of operation. This document summarizes these attacks, with the goal of motivating generic and protocol-specific recommendations on the usage of TLS and Datagram TLS (DTLS).

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Document ID
RFC7457
Published
February 2015
Authors
Y. Sheffer; R. Holz; P. Saint-Andre
Status
INFORMATIONAL
Stream
IETF
Area
sec
Pages
13
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