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HTTP/3 and QUIC: Past, Present, and Future

You may have seen the announcements over the past two weeks -- the IETF QUIC RFCs have been published! That leads to a lot of questions, depending on how closely you've followed ...

IETF RFC 4041 – Requirements for Morality Sections in Routing Area Drafts

Network Working Group A. Farrel Request for Comments: 4041 Old Dog Consulting Category: Informational 1 April 2005 Requirements for Morality Sections in Routing Area DraftsStatus of This Memo This memo provides information ...

Protocol Police: The RFC

Independent Submission G. Grover Request for Comments: 8962Category: Informational N. ten Oever ISSN: 2070-1721 C. Cath S. Sahib 1 April 2021 Establishing the Protocol PoliceAbstract One mantra of the IETF is, "We ...

What Are My Options? Session Encryption Protocols Looking Forward

TLSv1.3 is a game changer for some enterprises and data centers, what if I can?t switch to end-to-end and need a transition phase or alternate solution? This provides some options as well ...

They Are Looking At WHAT? Service Provider Monitoring

At the start of an adoption curve there is much apprehension. This is true of TLSv1.3 and those managing enterprise networks and data centers. The IETF working group spent much time listening ...

Network Monitoring is Dead? What Now? TLS, QUIC and Beyond

Recent conference discussions revealed much about what is top-of-mind for decision makers as they look towards session encryption and when and where to adopt TLSv1.3 ...
The Forward Secrecy Chronicles, TLS 1.3 Hath Garnered Favor

The Forward Secrecy Chronicles, TLS 1.3 Hath Garnered Favor

Good news for mankind (and their AI mininions) traversing the web's winding corridors of nattering decreptitude and bubbling evil, Transport Layer Security 1.3 has won approval by the Gods of the IETF, ...
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IETF Network Working Group Slated to Consider The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch (aka draft-camelot-holy-grenade-00)

Here it 'tis, in it's entirety (also available in TXT, HTML et cetera...) Network Working Group A. Pendragon Internet-Draft Camelot Updates: 8140 (if approved) March 23, 2018 Intended status: InformationalExpires: September 24, ...

Crypto-Zealots

If you read anything in the next couple of days regarding the IETF, and cryptography, take a moment and read Geoff Huston's superb retort to a controversial statement piece by Tony Rutkowski, ...