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August 2018

TLS 1.3 officially launched in August 2018 as RFC 8446 after five years of standards work. While the use of TLS 1.3 is recommended, the adoption of this protocol still isn’t mandatory (even in 2025), despite several critical vulnerabilities coming to light in the years in between.

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Casey Crane

Casey Crane is a regular contributor to and managing editor of Hashed Out. She has more than 15 years of experience in journalism and writing, including crime analysis and IT security. Casey also serves as the Content Manager at The SSL Store.