6. IANA Considerations

IANA has assigned the heartbeat content type (24) from the "TLS ContentType Registry" as specified in [RFC5246]. The reference is to RFC 6520.

IANA has created and now maintains a new registry for Heartbeat Message Types. The message types are numbers in the range from 0 to 255 (decimal). IANA has assigned the heartbeat_request (1) and the heartbeat_response (2) message types. The values 0 and 255 should be reserved. This registry uses the Expert Review policy as described in [RFC5226]. The reference is to RFC 6520.

IANA has assigned the heartbeat extension type (15) from the TLS "ExtensionType Values" registry as specified in [RFC5246]. The reference is to RFC 6520.

IANA has created and now maintains a new registry for Heartbeat Modes. The modes are numbers in the range from 0 to 255 (decimal). IANA has assigned the peer_allowed_to_send (1) and the peer_not_allowed_to_send (2) modes. The values 0 and 255 should be reserved. This registry uses the Expert Review policy as described in [RFC5226]. The reference is to RFC 6520.