rfc-7918

Transport Layer Security (TLS) False Start

A. Langley, N. Modadugu, B. Moeller
date2016-08 streamIETF areasec wgtls statusINFORMATIONAL pages11 canonicalhttps://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7918 doi10.17487/RFC7918
This document specifies an optional behavior of Transport Layer Security (TLS) client implementations, dubbed "False Start". It affects only protocol timing, not on-the-wire protocol data, and can be implemented unilaterally. A TLS False Start reduces handshake latency to one round trip.