<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="rfc2629.xslt" ?><!--generatedupdated byhttps://github.com/cabo/kramdown-rfc2629 versionChris 05/07/20 --> <!DOCTYPE rfc SYSTEM"rfc2629.dtd" [ ]> <?rfc toc="yes"?> <?rfc sortrefs="yes"?> <?rfc symrefs="yes"?> <?rfc docmapping="yes"?>"rfc2629-xhtml.ent"> <rfc xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" ipr="trust200902" docName="draft-ietf-tls-certificate-compression-10"category="std">number="8879" obsoletes="" updates="" submissionType="IETF" category="std" consensus="true" xml:lang="en" tocInclude="true" sortRefs="true" symRefs="true" version="3"> <!-- xml2rfc v2v3 conversion 2.44.0 --> <front> <title abbrev="TLS Certificate Compression">TLS Certificate Compression</title> <seriesInfo name="RFC" value="8879"/> <author initials="A." surname="Ghedini" fullname="Alessandro Ghedini"> <organization>Cloudflare, Inc.</organization> <address> <email>alessandro@cloudflare.com</email> </address> </author> <author initials="V." surname="Vasiliev" fullname="Victor Vasiliev"> <organization>Google</organization> <address> <email>vasilvv@google.com</email> </address> </author> <date year="2020"month="January" day="06"/>month="August"/> <area>Security</area> <workgroup>TLS</workgroup> <abstract> <t>In TLS handshakes, certificate chains often take up the majority of the bytes transmitted.</t> <t>This document describes how certificate chains can be compressed to reduce the amount of data transmitted and avoid some round trips.</t> </abstract> </front> <middle> <section anchor="introduction"title="Introduction">numbered="true" toc="default"> <name>Introduction</name> <t>In order to reduce latency and improveperformanceperformance, it can be useful to reduce the amount of data exchanged during a TLS handshake.</t> <t><xreftarget="RFC7924"></xref>target="RFC7924" format="default"/> describes a mechanism that allows a client and a server to avoid transmitting certificates already shared in an earlier handshake, but itdoesn’tdoesn't help when the client connects to a server for the first time anddoesn’tdoesn't already have knowledge of theserver’sserver's certificate chain.</t> <t>This document describes a mechanism that would allow certificates to be compressed during all handshakes.</t> </section> <section anchor="notational-conventions"title="Notational Conventions"> <t>Thenumbered="true" toc="default"> <name>Notational Conventions</name> <t> The key words“MUST”, “MUST NOT”, “REQUIRED”, “SHALL”, “SHALL NOT”, “SHOULD”, “SHOULD NOT”, “RECOMMENDED”, “NOT RECOMMENDED”, “MAY”,"<bcp14>MUST</bcp14>", "<bcp14>MUST NOT</bcp14>", "<bcp14>REQUIRED</bcp14>", "<bcp14>SHALL</bcp14>", "<bcp14>SHALL NOT</bcp14>", "<bcp14>SHOULD</bcp14>", "<bcp14>SHOULD NOT</bcp14>", "<bcp14>RECOMMENDED</bcp14>", "<bcp14>NOT RECOMMENDED</bcp14>", "<bcp14>MAY</bcp14>", and“OPTIONAL”"<bcp14>OPTIONAL</bcp14>" in this document are to be interpreted as described inBCP 14BCP 14 <xref target="RFC2119"/> <xref target="RFC8174"/> when, and only when, they appear in all capitals, as shownhere.</t>here. </t> </section> <section anchor="negotiating-certificate-compression"title="Negotiatingnumbered="true" toc="default"> <name>Negotiating CertificateCompression">Compression</name> <t>This extension is only supported with TLS 1.3 <xreftarget="RFC8446"></xref>target="RFC8446" format="default"/> and newer; if TLS 1.2 <xreftarget="RFC5246"></xref>target="RFC5246" format="default"/> or earlier is negotiated, the peersMUST<bcp14>MUST</bcp14> ignore this extension.</t> <t>This document defines a new extension type (compress_certificate(27)), which can be used to signal the supported compression formats for the Certificate message to the peer. Whenever it is sent by the client as a ClientHello message extension (<xreftarget="RFC8446"></xref>, Section 4.1.2),target="RFC8446" sectionFormat="comma" section="4.1.2"/>), it indicatesthesupport for compressed server certificates. Whenever it is sent by the server as a CertificateRequest extension (<xreftarget="RFC8446"></xref>, Section 4.3.2),target="RFC8446" sectionFormat="comma" section="4.3.2"/>), it indicatesthesupport for compressed client certificates.</t> <t>By sending a compress_certificate extension, the sender indicates to the peer thecertificate compressioncertificate-compression algorithms it is willing to use for decompression. The“extension_data”"extension_data" field of this extensionSHALL<bcp14>SHALL</bcp14> contain a CertificateCompressionAlgorithms value:</t><figure><artwork><![CDATA[<sourcecode type="tls-presentation"> enum { zlib(1), brotli(2), zstd(3), (65535) } CertificateCompressionAlgorithm; struct { CertificateCompressionAlgorithmalgorithms<2..2^8-2>;algorithms<2..2^8-2>; } CertificateCompressionAlgorithms;]]></artwork></figure></sourcecode> <t>The compress_certificate extension is a unidirectional indication; no corresponding response extension is needed.</t> </section> <section anchor="compressed-certificate-message"title="Compressednumbered="true" toc="default"> <name>Compressed CertificateMessage">Message</name> <t>If the peer has indicated that it supports compression, server and clientMAY<bcp14>MAY</bcp14> compress their corresponding Certificate messages(Section 4.4.2 of <xref target="RFC8446"/>)(<xref target="RFC8446" sectionFormat="of" section="4.4.2"/>) and send them in the form of the CompressedCertificate message (replacing the Certificate message).</t> <t>The CompressedCertificate message is formed as follows:</t><figure><artwork><![CDATA[<sourcecode> struct { CertificateCompressionAlgorithm algorithm; uint24 uncompressed_length; opaquecompressed_certificate_message<1..2^24-1>;compressed_certificate_message<1..2^24-1>; } CompressedCertificate;]]></artwork></figure> <t><list style="hanging"> <t hangText='algorithm'> The</sourcecode> <dl newline="false" spacing="normal"> <dt>algorithm:</dt> <dd>The algorithm used to compress the certificate. The algorithmMUST<bcp14>MUST</bcp14> be one of the algorithms listed in thepeer’speer's compress_certificateextension.</t> <t hangText='uncompressed_length'>extension.</dd> <dt>uncompressed_length:</dt> <dd> The length of the Certificate message once it is uncompressed.IfIf, afterdecompressiondecompression, the specified length does not match the actual length, the party receiving the invalid messageMUST<bcp14>MUST</bcp14> abort the connection with the“bad_certificate”"bad_certificate" alert. The presence of this field allows the receiver topre-allocatepreallocate the buffer for the uncompressed Certificate message andtoenforce limits on the message size before performingdecompression.</t> <t hangText='compressed_certificate_message'>decompression.</dd> <dt>compressed_certificate_message:</dt> <dd> The result of applying the indicated compression algorithm to the encoded Certificate message that would have been sent if certificate compression was not in use. The compression algorithm defines how the bytes in the compressed_certificate_message field are converted into the Certificatemessage.</t> </list></t>message.</dd> </dl> <t>If the specified compression algorithm is zlib, then the Certificate messageMUST<bcp14>MUST</bcp14> be compressed with the ZLIB compression algorithm, as defined in <xreftarget="RFC1950"></xref>.target="RFC1950" format="default"/>. If the specified compression algorithm is brotli, the Certificate messageMUST<bcp14>MUST</bcp14> be compressed with the Brotli compressionalgorithmalgorithm, as defined in <xreftarget="RFC7932"></xref>.target="RFC7932" format="default"/>. If the specified compression algorithm is zstd, the Certificate messageMUST<bcp14>MUST</bcp14> be compressed with the Zstandard compressionalgorithmalgorithm, as defined in <xreftarget="I-D.kucherawy-rfc8478bis"></xref>.</t>target="RFC8878" format="default"/>.</t> <t>It is possible to define a certificate compression algorithm that uses apre-sharedpreshared dictionary to achieve a higher compression ratio. This document does not define any such algorithms, but additional codepoints may be allocated for such use per the policy in <xreftarget="registry"/>.</t>target="registry" format="default"/>.</t> <t>If the received CompressedCertificate message cannot be decompressed, the connectionMUST<bcp14>MUST</bcp14> be terminated with the“bad_certificate”"bad_certificate" alert.</t> <t>If the format of the Certificate message is altered using the server_certificate_type or client_certificate_type extensions <xreftarget="RFC7250"></xref>,target="RFC7250" format="default"/>, the resulting altered message is compressed instead.</t> </section> <section anchor="security-considerations"title="Security Considerations">numbered="true" toc="default"> <name>Security Considerations</name> <t>After decompression, the Certificate messageMUST<bcp14>MUST</bcp14> be processed as if it were encoded without being compressed. This way, the parsing and the verification have the same security properties as they would have in TLS normally.</t> <t>In order for certificate compression to function correctly, the underlying compression algorithmMUST<bcp14>MUST</bcp14> output the same data that was provided as input by the peer.</t> <t>Since certificate chains are typically presented on aper-server nameper-server-name or per-user basis, a malicious application does not have control over any individual fragments in the Certificate message, meaning that they cannot leak information about the certificate by modifying the plaintext.</t> <t>ImplementationsSHOULD<bcp14>SHOULD</bcp14> bound the memory usage when decompressing the CompressedCertificate message.</t> <t>ImplementationsMUST<bcp14>MUST</bcp14> limit the size of the resulting decompressed chain to the specified uncompressed length, and theyMUST<bcp14>MUST</bcp14> abort the connection if the size of the output of the decompression function exceeds that limit. TLS framing imposes16777216 bytea 16777216-byte limit on the certificate message size, andtheimplementationsMAY<bcp14>MAY</bcp14> impose a limit that is lower than that; in both cases, theyMUST<bcp14>MUST</bcp14> apply the same limit as if no compression were used.</t> <t>While the Certificate message in TLS 1.3 is encrypted, third parties can draw inferences from the message length observed on the wire. TLS 1.3 provides a padding mechanism (discussed in Sections5.4<xref target="RFC8446" sectionFormat="bare" section="5.4"/> andE.3<xref target="RFC8446" sectionFormat="bare" section="E.3"/> of <xreftarget="RFC8446"></xref>)target="RFC8446"/>) to counteract such analysis. Certificate compression alters the length of the Certificate message, and the change in length is dependent on the actual contents of the certificate. Any padding scheme covering the Certificate message has to address compression within itsdesign,design or disable it altogether.</t> </section> <section anchor="middlebox-compatibility"title="Middlebox Compatibility"> <t>It’snumbered="true" toc="default"> <name>Middlebox Compatibility</name> <t>It's been observed that a significant number of middleboxes intercept and try to validate the Certificate message exchanged during a TLS handshake. This means that middleboxes thatdon’tdon't understand the CompressedCertificate message might misbehave and drop connections that adopt certificate compression. Because of that, the extension is only supported in the versions of TLS where the certificate message is encrypted in a way that prevents middleboxes from interceptingit,it -- that is, TLS version 1.3 <xreftarget="RFC8446"></xref>target="RFC8446" format="default"/> and higher.</t> </section> <section anchor="iana-considerations"title="IANA Considerations">numbered="true" toc="default"> <name>IANA Considerations</name> <section anchor="update-of-the-tls-extensiontype-registry"title="Update of the TLSnumbered="true" toc="default"> <name>TLS ExtensionTypeRegistry"> <t>CreateValues</name> <t>IANA has created an entry, compress_certificate(27), in theexisting registry for"TLS ExtensionType Values" registry (defined in <xreftarget="RFC8446"></xref>),target="RFC8446" format="default"/>) with“TLS 1.3” columnthe valuesbeingin the "TLS 1.3" column set to“CH, CR”,"CH, CR" and“Recommended”the "Recommended" columnbeingentry set to“Yes”.</t>"Yes".</t> </section> <section anchor="update-of-the-tls-handshaketype-registry"title="Update of the TLS HandshakeType Registry"> <t>Createnumbered="true" toc="default"> <name>TLS HandshakeType</name> <t>IANA has created an entry, compressed_certificate(25), in theexisting"TLS Handshake Type" registryfor HandshakeType(defined in <xreftarget="RFC8446"></xref>),target="RFC8446" format="default"/>), with“DTLS-OK”the "DTLS-OK" column valuebeingset to“Yes”.</t>"Yes".</t> </section> <section anchor="registry"title="Registry for Compression Algorithms">numbered="true" toc="default"> <name>Compression Algorithms</name> <t>This document establishes a registry of compression algorithms supported for compressing the Certificate message, titled“Certificate"TLS Certificate Compression AlgorithmIDs”,IDs", under the existing“Transport"Transport Layer Security (TLS)Extensions” heading.</t>Extensions" registry.</t> <t>The entries in the registry are:</t><texttable> <ttcol align='left'>Algorithm Number</ttcol> <ttcol align='left'>Description</ttcol> <ttcol align='left'>Reference</ttcol> <c>0</c> <c>Reserved</c> <c> </c> <c>1</c> <c>zlib</c> <c>[this document]</c> <c>2</c> <c>brotli</c> <c>[this document]</c> <c>3</c> <c>zstd</c> <c>[this document]</c> <c>16384 to 65535</c> <c>Reserved<table align="center"> <name>TLS Certificate Compression Algorithm IDs</name> <thead> <tr> <th align="left">Algorithm Number</th> <th align="left">Description</th> <th align="left">Reference</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left">0</td> <td align="left">Reserved</td> <td align="left">RFC 8879</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">1</td> <td align="left">zlib</td> <td align="left">RFC 8879</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">2</td> <td align="left">brotli</td> <td align="left">RFC 8879</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">3</td> <td align="left">zstd</td> <td align="left">RFC 8879</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">16384 to 65535</td> <td align="left">Reserved for ExperimentalUse</c> <c> </c> </texttable>Use</td> <td align="left"> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <t>The values in this registry shall be allocated under“IETF Review”"IETF Review" policy for values strictly smaller than 256, under“Specification Required”"Specification Required" policy for values 256-16383, and under“Experimental Use”"Experimental Use" otherwise (see <xreftarget="RFC8126"></xref>target="RFC8126" format="default"/> for the definition of relevant policies). Experimental Use extensions can be used both on private networks and over the open Internet.</t> <t>The procedures for requesting values in the Specification Required space are specified inSection 17 of<xreftarget="RFC8447"></xref>.</t>target="RFC8447" sectionFormat="of" section="17"/>.</t> </section> </section> </middle> <back><references title='Normative References'><references> <name>References</name> <references> <name>Normative References</name> <xi:include href="https://xml2rfc.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.1950.xml"/> <xi:include href="https://xml2rfc.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.2119.xml"/> <xi:include href="https://xml2rfc.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.7250.xml"/> <xi:include href="https://xml2rfc.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.7932.xml"/> <xi:include href="https://xml2rfc.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.7924.xml"/> <xi:include href="https://xml2rfc.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.8126.xml"/> <xi:include href="https://xml2rfc.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.8174.xml"/> <xi:include href="https://xml2rfc.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.8446.xml"/> <xi:include href="https://xml2rfc.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.8447.xml"/> <!-- [rfced] [I-D.kucherawy-rfc8478bis]; companion document RFC 8878 --> <referenceanchor="RFC1950" target='https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc1950'>anchor='RFC8878'> <front><title>ZLIB Compressed Data Format Specification version 3.3</title><title>Zstandard Compression and the 'application/zstd' Media Type</title> <authorinitials='P.' surname='Deutsch' fullname='P. Deutsch'><organization /></author>initials='Y' surname='Collet' fullname='Yann Collet'> <organization /> </author> <authorinitials='J-L.' surname='Gailly' fullname='J-L. Gailly'><organization /></author>initials='M' surname='Kucherawy' fullname='Murray Kucherawy' role="editor"> <organization /> </author> <dateyear='1996' month='May'month='August' year='2020' /><abstract><t>This specification defines a lossless compressed data format. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.</t></abstract></front> <seriesInfoname='RFC' value='1950'/>name="RFC" value="8878"/> <seriesInfoname='DOI' value='10.17487/RFC1950'/>name="DOI" value="10.17487/RFC8878"/> </reference><reference anchor="RFC2119" target='https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119'> <front> <title>Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels</title> <author initials='S.' surname='Bradner' fullname='S. Bradner'><organization /></author> <date year='1997' month='March' /> <abstract><t>In many standards track documents several words are used to signify the requirements</references> <references> <name>Informative References</name> <xi:include href="https://xml2rfc.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.5246.xml"/> </references> </references> <section anchor="acknowledgements" numbered="false" toc="default"> <name>Acknowledgements</name> <t>Certificate compression was originally introduced in thespecification. These words are often capitalized. This document defines these words as they should be interpreted in IETF documents. ThisQUIC Crypto protocol, designed by <contact fullname="Adam Langley"/> and <contact fullname="Wan-Teh Chang" />.</t> <t>This documentspecifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the Internet Community, and requests discussionhas benefited from contributions and suggestionsfor improvements.</t></abstract> </front> <seriesInfo name='BCP' value='14'/> <seriesInfo name='RFC' value='2119'/> <seriesInfo name='DOI' value='10.17487/RFC2119'/> </reference> <reference anchor="RFC7250" target='https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7250'> <front> <title>Using Raw Public Keys in Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS)</title> <author initials='P.' surname='Wouters' fullname='P. Wouters' role='editor'><organization /></author> <author initials='H.' surname='Tschofenig' fullname='H. Tschofenig' role='editor'><organization /></author> <author initials='J.' surname='Gilmore' fullname='J. Gilmore'><organization /></author> <author initials='S.' surname='Weiler' fullname='S. Weiler'><organization /></author> <author initials='T.' surname='Kivinen' fullname='T. Kivinen'><organization /></author> <date year='2014' month='June' /> <abstract><t>This document specifies a new certificate type and two TLS extensions for exchanging raw public keys in Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS). The new certificate type allows raw public keys to be used for authentication.</t></abstract> </front> <seriesInfo name='RFC' value='7250'/> <seriesInfo name='DOI' value='10.17487/RFC7250'/> </reference> <reference anchor="RFC7932" target='https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7932'> <front> <title>Brotli Compressed Data Format</title> <author initials='J.' surname='Alakuijala' fullname='J. Alakuijala'><organization /></author> <author initials='Z.' surname='Szabadka' fullname='Z. Szabadka'><organization /></author> <date year='2016' month='July' /> <abstract><t>This specification defines a lossless compressed data format that compresses data using a combination of the LZ77 algorithm and Huffman coding, with efficiency comparable to the best currently available general-purpose compression methods.</t></abstract> </front> <seriesInfo name='RFC' value='7932'/> <seriesInfo name='DOI' value='10.17487/RFC7932'/> </reference> <reference anchor="RFC7924" target='https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7924'> <front> <title>Transport Layer Security (TLS) Cached Information Extension</title> <author initials='S.' surname='Santesson' fullname='S. Santesson'><organization /></author> <author initials='H.' surname='Tschofenig' fullname='H. Tschofenig'><organization /></author> <date year='2016' month='July' /> <abstract><t>Transport Layer Security (TLS) handshakes often include fairly static information, such as the server certificate and a list of trusted certification authorities (CAs). This information can be of considerable size, particularly if the server certificate is bundled with a complete certificate chain (i.e., the certificates of intermediate CAs up to the root CA).</t><t>This document defines an extension that allows a TLS client to inform a server of cached information, thereby enabling the server to omit already available information.</t></abstract> </front> <seriesInfo name='RFC' value='7924'/> <seriesInfo name='DOI' value='10.17487/RFC7924'/> </reference> <reference anchor="RFC8126" target='https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8126'> <front> <title>Guidelines for Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs</title> <author initials='M.' surname='Cotton' fullname='M. Cotton'><organization /></author> <author initials='B.' surname='Leiba' fullname='B. Leiba'><organization /></author> <author initials='T.' surname='Narten' fullname='T. Narten'><organization /></author> <date year='2017' month='June' /> <abstract><t>Many protocols make use of points of extensibility that use constants to identify various protocol parameters. To ensure that the values in these fields do not have conflicting uses and to promote interoperability, their allocations are often coordinated by a central record keeper. For IETF protocols, that role is filled by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA).</t><t>To make assignments in a given registry prudently, guidance describing the conditions under which new values should be assigned, as well as when and how modifications to existing values can be made, is needed. This document defines a framework for the documentation of these guidelines by specification authors, in order to assure that the provided guidance for the IANA Considerations is clear and addresses the various issues that are likely in the operation of a registry.</t><t>This is the third edition of this document; it obsoletes RFC 5226.</t></abstract> </front> <seriesInfo name='BCP' value='26'/> <seriesInfo name='RFC' value='8126'/> <seriesInfo name='DOI' value='10.17487/RFC8126'/> </reference> <reference anchor="RFC8174" target='https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8174'> <front> <title>Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC 2119 Key Words</title> <author initials='B.' surname='Leiba' fullname='B. Leiba'><organization /></author> <date year='2017' month='May' /> <abstract><t>RFC 2119 specifies common key words that may be used in protocol specifications. This document aims to reduce the ambiguity by clarifying that only UPPERCASE usage of the key words have the defined special meanings.</t></abstract> </front> <seriesInfo name='BCP' value='14'/> <seriesInfo name='RFC' value='8174'/> <seriesInfo name='DOI' value='10.17487/RFC8174'/> </reference> <reference anchor="RFC8446" target='https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8446'> <front> <title>The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol Version 1.3</title> <author initials='E.' surname='Rescorla' fullname='E. Rescorla'><organization /></author> <date year='2018' month='August' /> <abstract><t>This document specifies version 1.3 of the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol. TLS allows client/server applications to communicate over the Internet in a way that is designed to prevent eavesdropping, tampering, and message forgery.</t><t>This document updates RFCs 5705 and 6066, and obsoletes RFCs 5077, 5246, and 6961. This document also specifies new requirements for TLS 1.2 implementations.</t></abstract> </front> <seriesInfo name='RFC' value='8446'/> <seriesInfo name='DOI' value='10.17487/RFC8446'/> </reference> <reference anchor="RFC8447" target='https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8447'> <front> <title>IANA Registry Updates for TLS and DTLS</title> <author initials='J.' surname='Salowey' fullname='J. Salowey'><organization /></author> <author initials='S.' surname='Turner' fullname='S. Turner'><organization /></author> <date year='2018' month='August' /> <abstract><t>This document describes a number of changes to TLS and DTLS IANA registries that range from adding notes to the registry all the way to changing the registration policy. These changes were mostly motivated by WG review of the TLS- and DTLS-related registries undertaken as part of the TLS 1.3 development process.</t><t>This document updates the following RFCs: 3749, 5077, 4680, 5246, 5705, 5878, 6520, and 7301.</t></abstract> </front> <seriesInfo name='RFC' value='8447'/> <seriesInfo name='DOI' value='10.17487/RFC8447'/> </reference> <reference anchor="I-D.kucherawy-rfc8478bis"> <front> <title>Zstandard Compression and the application/zstd Media Type</title> <author initials='Y' surname='Collet' fullname='Yann Collet'> <organization /> </author> <author initials='M' surname='Kucherawy' fullname='Murray Kucherawy'> <organization /> </author> <date month='December' day='20' year='2019' /> <abstract><t>Zstandard, or "zstd" (pronounced "zee standard"), is a data compression mechanism. This document describes the mechanism and registers a media type and content encoding to be used when transporting zstd-compressed content via Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME). Despite use of the word "standard" as part of its name, readers are advised that this document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is being published for informational purposes only. This document replaces and obsoletes RFC 8478.</t></abstract> </front> <seriesInfo name='Internet-Draft' value='draft-kucherawy-rfc8478bis-03' /> <format type='TXT' target='http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-kucherawy-rfc8478bis-03.txt' /> </reference> </references> <references title='Informative References'> <reference anchor="RFC5246" target='https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5246'> <front> <title>The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol Version 1.2</title> <author initials='T.' surname='Dierks' fullname='T. Dierks'><organization /></author> <author initials='E.' surname='Rescorla' fullname='E. Rescorla'><organization /></author> <date year='2008' month='August' /> <abstract><t>This document specifies Version 1.2 of the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol. The TLS protocol provides communications security over the Internet. The protocol allows client/server applications to communicate in a way that is designed to prevent eavesdropping, tampering, or message forgery. [STANDARDS-TRACK]</t></abstract> </front> <seriesInfo name='RFC' value='5246'/> <seriesInfo name='DOI' value='10.17487/RFC5246'/> </reference> </references> <section anchor="acknowledgements" title="Acknowledgements"> <t>Certificate compression was originally introduced in the QUIC Crypto protocol, designed by Adam Langley and Wan-Teh Chang.</t> <t>This document has benefited from contributions and suggestions from David Benjamin, Ryan Hamilton, Christian Huitema, Benjamin Kaduk, Ilari Liusvaara, Piotr Sikora, Ian Swett, Martin Thomson, Sean Turnerfrom <contact fullname="David Benjamin"/>, <contact fullname="Ryan Hamilton"/>, <contact fullname="Christian Huitema"/>, <contact fullname="Benjamin Kaduk"/>, <contact fullname="Ilari Liusvaara"/>, <contact fullname="Piotr Sikora"/>, <contact fullname="Ian Swett"/>, <contact fullname="Martin Thomson"/>, <contact fullname="Sean Turner"/>, and many others.</t> </section> </back><!-- ##markdown-source: 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