The IESG has approved the following document: - 'Updated TLS Server Identity Check Procedure for Email Related Protocols' (draft-ietf-uta-email-tls-certs-09.txt) as Proposed Standard This document is the product of the Using TLS in Applications Working Group. The IESG contact persons are Stephen Farrell, Ben Campbell, Barry Leiba and Alissa Cooper. A URL of this Internet Draft is: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-uta-email-tls-certs/ Technical Summary This document describes TLS server identity verification procedure for SMTP Submission, IMAP, POP and ManageSieve clients. It replaces Section 2.4 of RFC 2595, updates Section 4.1 of RFC 3207, updates Section 11.1 of RFC 3501, updates Section 2.2.1 of RFC 5804. Working Group Summary No notable issues. Document Quality The document aligns standards for certificate verification for email protocols with current implementations and practice. Personnel Leif Johasson (WG co-chair) is the shepherd. Stephen Farrell is an AD.
