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The Messaging Layer Security (MLS) Protocol
RFC 9420

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2024-07-17
(System) Received changes through RFC Editor sync (added Errata tag, added Verified Errata tag)
2023-07-18
(System) IANA registries were updated to include RFC9420
2023-07-18
(System)
Received changes through RFC Editor sync (created alias RFC 9420, changed abstract to 'Messaging applications are increasingly making use of end-to-end security mechanisms to …
Received changes through RFC Editor sync (created alias RFC 9420, changed abstract to 'Messaging applications are increasingly making use of end-to-end security mechanisms to ensure that messages are only accessible to the communicating endpoints, and not to any servers involved in delivering messages.  Establishing keys to provide such protections is challenging for group chat settings, in which more than two clients need to agree on a key but may not be online at the same time.  In this document, we specify a key establishment protocol that provides efficient asynchronous group key establishment with forward secrecy (FS) and post-compromise security (PCS) for groups in size ranging from two to thousands.', changed pages to 132, changed standardization level to Proposed Standard, changed state to RFC, added RFC published event at 2023-07-18, changed IESG state to RFC Published)
2023-07-18
(System) RFC published