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

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        RFC 8314

        Title:      Cleartext Considered Obsolete: Use of 
                    Transport Layer Security (TLS) for Email 
                    Submission and Access 
        Author:     K. Moore, C. Newman
        Status:     Standards Track
        Stream:     IETF
        Date:       January 2018
        Mailbox:    moore@network-heretics.com, 
                    chris.newman@oracle.com
        Pages:      26
        Characters: 62605
        Updates:    RFC 1939, RFC 2595, RFC 3501, RFC 5068, 
                    RFC 6186, RFC 6409

        I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-uta-email-deep-12.txt

        URL:        https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8314

        DOI:        10.17487/RFC8314

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.

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

This is now a Proposed Standard.

STANDARDS TRACK: This document specifies an Internet Standards Track
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