Cleartext Considered Obsolete: Use of Transport Layer Security (TLS) for Email Submission and Access

2018/01/01 by Keith Moore, Chris Newman · 2 citations
Engineering · Computer Science · #IPv6, Mobility, Handover, Networks, Security #Opportunistic and Delay-Tolerant Networks #Mobile Agent-Based Network Management

paper · doi:10.17487/rfc8314

openalex publication_date 2018/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/11

Abstract

This specification outlines current recommendations for the use of Transport Layer Security (TLS) to provide confidentiality of email traffic between a Mail User Agent (MUA) and a Mail Submission Server or Mail Access Server. This document updates RFCs 1939, 2595, 3501, 5068, 6186, and 6409.

Cited by

• Email client [wikipedia]
• Internet Message Access Protocol [wikipedia]

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