A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 7435 Title: Opportunistic Security: Some Protection Most of the Time Author: V. Dukhovni Status: Informational Stream: IETF Date: December 2014 Mailbox: ietf-dane@dukhovni.org Pages: 11 Characters: 27451 Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None I-D Tag: draft-dukhovni-opportunistic-security-06.txt URL: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7435.txt This document defines the concept "Opportunistic Security" in the context of communications protocols. Protocol designs based on Opportunistic Security use encryption even when authentication is not available, and use authentication when possible, thereby removing barriers to the widespread use of encryption on the Internet. INFORMATIONAL: This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. This announcement is sent to the IETF-Announce and rfc-dist lists. To subscribe or unsubscribe, see https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce https://mailman.rfc-editor.org/mailman/listinfo/rfc-dist For searching the RFC series, see https://www.rfc-editor.org/search For downloading RFCs, see https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc.html Requests for special distribution should be addressed to either the author of the RFC in question, or to rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org. Unless specifically noted otherwise on the RFC itself, all RFCs are for unlimited distribution. The RFC Editor Team Association Management Solutions, LLC