RFC 6176
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RFC 6176 is an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard that formally disallows the use of the obsolete and insecure SSL 2.0 protocol in TLS implementations.
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Internet standard
ⓘ
RFC ⓘ |
| addresses | backward compatibility with SSL 2.0 ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
TLS clients
ⓘ
TLS implementations ⓘ TLS servers ⓘ |
| area | Security ⓘ |
| category | Standards Track ⓘ |
| definesPolicyFor | use of SSL 2.0 in TLS ⓘ |
| disallowsUseOf | SSL 2.0 ⓘ |
| documentType | Standards Track RFC ⓘ |
| focusesOn | transport layer security ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mandates | TLS clients and servers MUST NOT negotiate SSL 2.0 ⓘ |
| obsoletesProtocolVersion | SSL 2.0 ⓘ |
| publishedBy |
Internet Engineering Task Force
ⓘ
surface form:
IETF
Internet Engineering Task Force ⓘ |
| publisher | RFC Editor ⓘ |
| purpose | to formally prohibit the negotiation of SSL 2.0 in TLS ⓘ |
| reason |
SSL 2.0
ⓘ
surface form:
SSL 2.0 is insecure
SSL 2.0 ⓘ
surface form:
SSL 2.0 is obsolete
|
| relatedProtocol |
SSL
ⓘ
SSL ⓘ
surface form:
Secure Sockets Layer
TLS ⓘ TLS ⓘ
surface form:
Transport Layer Security
|
| securityProperty | removal of weak protocol version ⓘ |
| standardizes | prohibition of SSL 2.0 in TLS ⓘ |
| status | Proposed Standard ⓘ |
| stream | IETF Stream ⓘ |
| title | Prohibiting Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Version 2.0 ⓘ |
| updatesSpecification | TLS implementations ⓘ |
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