Overview[1]#
Application-Layer Protocol Negotiation (ALPN) is defined in RFC 7301 as a Transport Layer Security (TLS) TLS extension for application layer protocol negotiation.Application-Layer Protocol Negotiation allows the Application Layer to negotiate which protocol should be performed over a secure connection in a manner which avoids additional round trips and which is independent of the Application Layer protocols.
More Information#
There might be more information for this subject on one of the following:- [#1] - Application-Layer_Protocol_Negotiation
- based on information obtained 2017-03-15-