Opportunistic Security: Some Protection Most of the Time

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Publisher: IETF
Doc Type: Informational
Pages: 11
Abstract: This document defines the concept "Opportunistic Security" in the context of communications protocols. Protocol designs based on Opportunistic Security use encryption even when authentication is not available, and use authentication when possible, thereby removing barriers to the widespread use of encryption on the Internet.
Publication Date: 2014-12-01
Status Note: Informational
DOI: 10.17487/RFC7435
Link: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC7435
Author(s): Viktor Dukhovni
Keyword(s): Authentication, Encryption

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IETF RFC 4033 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4251 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4949 [Active*]
IETF RFC 5246 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 5321 [Active*]
IETF RFC 6698 [Active*]

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IETF.draft-ietf-dane-smtp-with-dane-13 — SMTP-DANE EXTERNAL
Facebook, "The Current State of SMTP STARTTLS Deployment", May 2014, < https://www.facebook.com/notes/protect-the- graph/the-current-state-of-smtp-starttls-deployment/ 1453015901605223 >. EXTERNAL
Google, "Safer email - Transparency Report - Google", June 2014, < https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/ saferemail/ >. EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 5598 [Active*]
IETF RFC 7258 [Active*]

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IETF RFC 7525 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 7619 [Active*]
IETF RFC 7696 [Active*]
IETF RFC 8143 [Active*]