RFC 8740 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2020
SUN · 14 JUN 2026
Using TLS 1.3 with HTTP/2
Overview
RFC 8740, “Using TLS 1.3 with HTTP/2”, is a Proposed Standard document published in February 2020 by D. Benjamin. It updates RFC 7540. It has been obsoleted by RFC 9113 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document updates RFC 7540 by forbidding TLS 1.3 post-handshake authentication, as an analog to the existing TLS 1.2 renegotiation restriction.
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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Relationships to other RFCs
Other RFCs from 2020
- RFC 8739 Support for Short-Term, Automatically Renewed Certificates in the Automated Certificate Management Environment
- RFC 8741 Ability for a Stateful Path Computation Element to Request and Obtain Control of a Label Switched Path
- RFC 8738 Automated Certificate Management Environment IP Identifier Validation Extension
- RFC 8742 Concise Binary Object Representation Sequences
- RFC 8737 Automated Certificate Management Environment TLS Application- Layer Protocol Negotiation Challenge Extension
- RFC 8743 Multiple Access Management Services Multi-Access Management Services
- RFC 8736 PIM Message Type Space Extension and Reserved Bits
- RFC 8744 Issues and Requirements for Server Name Identification Encryption in TLS