RFC 6876 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2013
SUN · 14 JUN 2026
A Posture Transport Protocol over TLS
Overview
RFC 6876, “A Posture Transport Protocol over TLS”, is a Proposed Standard document published in February 2013 by P. Sangster, N. Cam-Winget, J. Salowey. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document specifies PT-TLS, a TLS-based Posture Transport (PT) protocol. The PT-TLS protocol carries the Network Endpoint Assessment (NEA) message exchange under the protection of a Transport Layer Security (TLS) secured tunnel.
What “Proposed Standard” means
An entry-level standards-track specification: stable, peer-reviewed and a solid basis for implementation, though it may still evolve before becoming an Internet Standard.
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