rfc-7817

Updated Transport Layer Security (TLS) Server Identity Check Procedure for Email-Related Protocols

A. Melnikov

date2016-03 streamIETF areasec wguta statusPROPOSED STANDARD pages13 canonicalhttps://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7817 doi10.17487/RFC7817

This document describes the Transport Layer Security (TLS) server identity verification procedure for SMTP Submission, IMAP, POP, and ManageSieve clients. It replaces Section 2.4 (Server Identity Check) of RFC 2595 and updates Section 4.1 (Processing After the STARTTLS Command) of RFC 3207, Section 11.1 (STARTTLS Security Considerations) of RFC 3501, and Section 2.2.1 (Server Identity Check) of RFC 5804.

updates

rfc-2595 — Using TLS with IMAP, POP3 and ACAP
rfc-3207 — SMTP Service Extension for Secure SMTP over Transport Layer Security
rfc-3501 — INTERNET MESSAGE ACCESS PROTOCOL - VERSION 4rev1
rfc-5804 — A Protocol for Remotely Managing Sieve Scripts