Transport Layer Security (tls)

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NOTE: This charter is a snapshot of the 50th IETF Meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It may now be out-of-date. Last Modified: 14-Mar-01

Chair(s):

Win Treese <treese@acm.org>

Security Area Director(s):

Jeffrey Schiller <jis@mit.edu>
Marcus Leech <mleech@nortelnetworks.com>

Security Area Advisor:

Jeffrey Schiller <jis@mit.edu>

Technical Advisor(s):

Allison Mankin <mankin@east.isi.edu>

Mailing Lists:

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Description of Working Group:

The TLS Working Group was established in 1996 to standardize a 'transport layer' security protocol. The working group began with SSL version 3.0, and in 1999, RFC 2246, TLS Protocol Version 1.0 was published as a Proposed Standard. The working group has also published RFC 2712, Addition of Kerberos Cipher Suites to Transport Layer Security (TLS) as a Proposed Standard, and two RFCs on the use of TLS with HTTP.

The primary purpose of the working group is to advance the TLS Protocol to Internet Standard. In addition, the working group will publish documents defining new ciphersuites for use with TLS as needed.

Goals and Milestones:

Done

  

Agreement on charter and issues in current draft.

Done

  

Final draft for Secure Transport Layer Protocol ('STLP')

Done

  

Working group 'Last Call'

Done

  

Submit to IESG for consideration as a Proposed Standard.

Feb 01

  

First revised draft of TLS specification

Jun 01

  

Submit specification to IESG for consideration as Draft Standard

Internet-Drafts:
Request For Comments:

RFC

Status

Title

RFC2246

PS

The TLS Protocol Version 1.0

RFC2712

PS

Addition of Kerberos Cipher Suites to Transport Layer Security (TLS)

RFC2817

PS

Upgrading to TLS Within HTTP/1.1

RFC2818

  

HTTP Over TLS