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RFC 9932
Title: Mutually Authenticating TLS in the
Context of Federations
Author: S. Halén,
J. Schlyter
Status: Informational
Stream: Independent
Date: April 2026
Mailbox: [email protected],
[email protected]
Pages: 30
Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None
I-D Tag: draft-halen-fedae-03.txt
URL: https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9932
DOI: 10.17487/RFC9932
This Informational Independent Submission to the RFC Series describes
a means to use TLS 1.3 to perform machine-to-machine mutual
authentication within federations. This memo is not a standard. It
does not modify the TLS protocol in any way, nor does it require
changes to common TLS libraries. TLS is specified and standardized by
the IETF's TLS Working Group.
The framework enables interoperable trust management for federated
machine-to-machine communication. It introduces a centrally managed
trust anchor and a controlled metadata publication process, ensuring
that only authorized members are identifiable within the federation.
These mechanisms support unambiguous entity identification and reduce
the risk of impersonation, promoting secure and policy-aligned
interaction across organizational boundaries.
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