RFC 8879: TLS Certificate Compression

In TLS handshakes, certificate chains often take up the majority of the bytes transmitted. This document describes how certificate chains can be compressed to…

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Outgoing relationships (10 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 8174: Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC 2119 Key Words
Normative reference — RFC 8126: Guidelines for Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs
Normative reference — RFC 8446: The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol Version 1.3
Normative reference — RFC 7250: Using Raw Public Keys in Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS)
Normative reference — RFC 1950: ZLIB Compressed Data Format Specification version 3.3
Normative reference — RFC 8447: IANA Registry Updates for TLS and DTLS
Normative reference — RFC 7924: Transport Layer Security (TLS) Cached Information Extension
Normative reference — RFC 7932: Brotli Compressed Data Format
Informative reference — RFC 5246: The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol Version 1.2

Incoming relationships (5 related RFCs)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 9761: Manufacturer Usage Description (MUD) for TLS and DTLS Profiles for Internet of Things (IoT) Devices
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9147: The Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS) Protocol Version 1.3
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9001: Using TLS to Secure QUIC
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9325: Recommendations for Secure Use of Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9191: Handling Large Certificates and Long Certificate Chains in TLS-Based EAP Methods