@misc{rfc6520, series = {Request for Comments}, number = 6520, howpublished = {RFC 6520}, publisher = {RFC Editor}, doi = {10.17487/RFC6520}, url = {https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6520}, author = {Michael Williams and Michael Tüxen and Robin Seggelmann}, title = {{Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS) Heartbeat Extension}}, pagetotal = 9, year = 2012, month = feb, abstract = {This document describes the Heartbeat Extension for the Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS) protocols. The Heartbeat Extension provides a new protocol for TLS/DTLS allowing the usage of keep-alive functionality without performing a renegotiation and a basis for path MTU (PMTU) discovery for DTLS. {[}STANDARDS-TRACK{]}}, }