RFC 5246

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RFC 5246 is the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard that specifies Transport Layer Security (TLS) version 1.2, a widely used protocol for securing communications over computer networks.

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Generate an image of RFC 5246 (RFC 5246 is the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard that specifies Transport Layer Security (TLS) version 1.2, a widely used protocol for securing communications over computer networks.)

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Internet standard ⓘ
Request for Comments ⓘ
TLS specification ⓘ
appliesTo VPN security ⓘ
email security ⓘ
general application-layer security ⓘ
web traffic security ⓘ
area Security ⓘ
category Standards Track ⓘ
defines TLS 1.2 Finished message ⓘ
TLS 1.2 PRF ⓘ
linked to: RFC 5246

TLS 1.2 alert protocol ⓘ
TLS 1.2 change cipher spec protocol ⓘ
TLS 1.2 cipher suites ⓘ
TLS 1.2 extensions ⓘ
TLS 1.2 handshake protocol ⓘ
TLS 1.2 key derivation ⓘ
TLS 1.2 record protocol ⓘ
TLS 1.2 renegotiation behavior ⓘ
TLS 1.2 session resumption ⓘ
focusesOn authentication ⓘ
confidentiality ⓘ
integrity ⓘ
security of communications over computer networks ⓘ
obsoletedBy RFC 8446 ⓘ
obsoletes RFC 2246 ⓘ
RFC 3546 ⓘ
RFC 4346 ⓘ
protocolFamily TLS ⓘ
Transport Layer Security ⓘ
linked to: TLS
publishedBy IETF ⓘ
Internet Engineering Task Force ⓘ
replacedBy RFC 8446 ⓘ
TLS 1.3 ⓘ
specifies TLS 1.2 ⓘ
linked to: RFC 5246

Transport Layer Security 1.2 ⓘ
linked to: RFC 5246
status Obsoleted ⓘ
stream IETF ⓘ
supports TLS extensions ⓘ
client authentication ⓘ
negotiation of cipher suites ⓘ
server authentication ⓘ
title The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol Version 1.2 ⓘ
linked to: RFC 5246
updates TLS 1.0 ⓘ
TLS 1.1 ⓘ
uses HMAC ⓘ
X.509 certificates ⓘ
asymmetric cryptography ⓘ
pseudorandom function ⓘ
symmetric cryptography ⓘ

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Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

TLS → definedIn → RFC 5246 ⓘ
SSL 3.0 → replacedBy → TLS 1.2 ⓘ
linked to: RFC 5246
RFC 5246 → title → The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol Version 1.2 ⓘ
linked to: RFC 5246
RFC 5246 → specifies → Transport Layer Security 1.2 ⓘ
linked to: RFC 5246
RFC 5246 → specifies → TLS 1.2 ⓘ
linked to: RFC 5246
RFC 5246 → defines → TLS 1.2 PRF ⓘ
linked to: RFC 5246
RFC 8446 → obsoletes → RFC 5246 ⓘ
RC4 → deprecatedIn → TLS 1.2 ⓘ
subject linked to: RC4 stream cipher
linked to: RFC 5246
AES-GCM → usedInProtocol → TLS 1.2 ⓘ
linked to: RFC 5246
Advanced Encryption Standard → usedInStandard → TLS 1.2 ⓘ
linked to: RFC 5246
RFC 7919 → appliesToProtocol → TLS 1.2 ⓘ
linked to: RFC 5246
RFC 4346 → obsoletedBy → RFC 5246 ⓘ
RFC 2246 → obsoletedBy → RFC 5246 ⓘ
TLS 1.0 → replacedBy → TLS 1.2 ⓘ
linked to: RFC 5246
TLS 1.1 → deprecatedInFavorOf → TLS 1.2 ⓘ
linked to: RFC 5246
RFC 3546 → appliesTo → TLS 1.2 ⓘ
linked to: RFC 5246
TLS 1.2 PRF → standardizedIn → RFC 5246 ⓘ
TLS 1.2 → definedInRFC → RFC 5246 ⓘ
RFC 6347 → updates → RFC 5246 ⓘ
TLS-over-TCP → IETFRFC → RFC 5246 (TLS 1.2) ⓘ
linked to: RFC 5246
TLS ClientHello → definedIn → RFC 5246 ⓘ
ClientHello → specifiedIn → RFC 5246 ⓘ