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RFC 8314: Cleartext Considered Obsolete: Use of Transport Layer Security (TLS) for Email Submission and Access

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This specification outlines current recommendations for the use of Transport Layer Security (TLS) to provide confidentiality of email traffic between a Mail User Agent (MUA) and a Mail Submission Server or Mail Access Server. This document updates RFCs 1939, 2595, 3501, 5068, 6186, and 6409.

Document record

Document ID
RFC8314
Published
January 2018
Authors
K. Moore; C. Newman
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
sec
Pages
26
Also known as
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Updates:
RFC 1939, RFC 2595, RFC 3501, RFC 5068, RFC 6186, RFC 6409
Updated by:
RFC 8997

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