RFC 5246

E5908

Internet standard Request for Comments TLS specification

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.

Aliases (4)

TLS 1.2 ×9
TLS 1.2 PRF ×1
The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol Version 1.2 ×1
Transport Layer Security 1.2 ×1

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 → 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 →
publishedBy	IETF → Internet Engineering Task Force →
replacedBy	RFC 8446 → TLS 1.3 →
specifies	TLS 1.2 → Transport Layer Security 1.2 →
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 →
updates	TLS 1.0 → TLS 1.1 →
uses	HMAC → X.509 certificates → asymmetric cryptography → pseudorandom function → symmetric cryptography →

Referenced by (17)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
TLS → TLS 1.2 Finished message →	definedIn
RFC 2246 → RFC 4346 →	obsoletedBy
SSL 3.0 ("TLS 1.2") → TLS 1.0 ("TLS 1.2") →	replacedBy
RFC 5246 ("Transport Layer Security 1.2") → RFC 5246 ("TLS 1.2") →	specifies
RFC 3546 ("TLS 1.2") →	appliesTo
RFC 7919 ("TLS 1.2") →	appliesToProtocol
RFC 5246 ("TLS 1.2 PRF") →	defines
RC4 ("TLS 1.2") →	deprecatedIn
TLS 1.1 ("TLS 1.2") →	deprecatedInFavorOf
RFC 8446 →	obsoletes
RFC 5246 ("The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol Version 1.2") →	title
AES-GCM ("TLS 1.2") →	usedInProtocol
Advanced Encryption Standard ("TLS 1.2") →	usedInStandard