The long-simmering battle over the future of the internet’s most important security protocol is over: TLS 1.3 was approved by the Internet Engineering Task Force after over four years of work and 28 draft versions of the standard.
TLS — short for Transport Layer Security — secures a huge swath of the internet. HTTPS-enabled websites, like the one you’re visiting, are possible thanks to TLS. The protocol is also used to secure email, voice, video and messaging. The newest version is the biggest change in the standard’s two decades of existence...
Read more: TLS 1.3 approved: The internets most important security protocol is finally moving forward - CyberScoop
See also: Introducing TLS 1.3
Official announcement: Protocol Action: 'The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol Version 1.3' to Proposed Standard (draft-ietf-tls-tls13-28.txt)
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