RFC 8997: Deprecation of TLS 1.1 for Email Submission and Access
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
This specification updates the current recommendation for the use of the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol to provide confidentiality of email between a Mail User Agent (MUA) and a Mail Submission Server or Mail Access Server. This document updates RFC 8314.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC8997
- Published
- March 2021
- Authors
- L. Velvindron; S. Farrell
- Status
- PROPOSED STANDARD
- Stream
- IETF
- Area
- sec
- Pages
- 6
- Also known as
- —
- Updates:
- RFC 8314
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