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diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
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--- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
+++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
@@ -13766,6 +13766,17 @@ the value of the Distinguished Name of the certificate is made available in the
 If certificate verification fails it may refer to a failing chain element
 which is not the leaf.
 
+
+.new
+.vitem &$tls_in_resumption$& &&&
+       &$tls_out_resumption$&
+.vindex &$tls_in_resumption$&
+.vindex &$tls_out_resumption$&
+.cindex TLS resumption
+Observability for TLS session resumption.  See &<<SECTresumption>>& for details.
+.wen
+
+
 .vitem &$tls_in_sni$&
 .vindex "&$tls_in_sni$&"
 .vindex "&$tls_sni$&"
@@ -18274,6 +18285,14 @@ preference order of the available ciphers. Details are given in sections
 &<<SECTreqciphssl>>& and &<<SECTreqciphgnu>>&.
 
 
+.new
+.option tls_resumption_hosts main "host list&!!" unset
+.cindex TLS resumption
+This option controls which connections to offer the TLS resumption feature.
+See &<<SECTresumption>>& for details.
+.wen
+
+
 .option tls_try_verify_hosts main "host list&!!" unset
 .cindex "TLS" "client certificate verification"
 .cindex "certificate" "verification of client"
@@ -25594,6 +25613,14 @@ is used in different ways by OpenSSL and GnuTLS (see sections
 ciphers is a preference order.
 
 
+.new
+.option tls_resumption_hosts smtp "host list&!!" unset
+.cindex TLS resumption
+This option controls which connections to use the TLS resumption feature.
+See &<<SECTresumption>>& for details.
+.wen
+
+
 
 .option tls_sni smtp string&!! unset
 .cindex "TLS" "Server Name Indication"
@@ -29424,6 +29451,100 @@ Open-source PKI book, available online at
 .ecindex IIDencsmtp2
 
 
+.new
+.section "TLS Resumption" "SECTresumption"
+.cindex TLS resumption
+TLS Session Resumption for TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3 connections can be used (defined
+in RFC 5077 for 1.2).  The support for this requires GnuTLS 3.6.3 or OpenSSL 1.1.1
+(or later).
+
+Session resumption (this is the "stateless" variant) involves the server sending
+a "session ticket" to the client on one connection, which can be stored by the
+client and used for a later session.  The ticket contains sufficient state for
+the server to reconstruct the TLS session, avoiding some expensive crypto
+calculation and one full packet roundtrip time.
+
+.ilist
+Operational cost/benefit:
+
+ The extra data being transmitted costs a minor amount, and the client has
+ extra costs in storing and retrieving the data.
+
+ In the Exim/Gnutls implementation the extra cost on an initial connection
+ which is TLS1.2 over a loopback path is about 6ms on 2017-laptop class hardware.
+ The saved cost on a subsequent connection is about 4ms; three or more
+ connections become a net win.  On longer network paths, two or more
+ connections will have an average lower startup time thanks to the one
+ saved packet roundtrip.  TLS1.3 will save the crypto cpu costs but not any
+ packet roundtrips.
+
+.cindex "hints database" tls
+ Since a new hints DB is used on the TLS client,
+ the hints DB maintenance should be updated to additionally handle "tls".
+
+.next
+Security aspects:
+
+ The session ticket is encrypted, but is obviously an additional security
+ vulnarability surface.  An attacker able to decrypt it would have access
+ all connections using the resumed session.
+ The session ticket encryption key is not committed to storage by the server
+ and is rotated regularly (OpenSSL: 1hr, and one previous key is used for
+ overlap; GnuTLS 6hr but does not specify any overlap).
+ Tickets have limited lifetime (2hr, and new ones issued after 1hr under
+ OpenSSL.  GnuTLS 2hr, appears to not do overlap).
+
+ There is a question-mark over the security of the Diffie-Helman parameters
+ used for session negotiation.
+
+.next
+Observability:
+
+ The &%log_selector%& "tls_resumption" appends an asterisk to the tls_cipher "X="
+ element.
+
+ The variables &$tls_in_resumption$& and &$tls_out_resumption$&
+ have bits 0-4 indicating respectively
+ support built, client requested ticket, client offered session,
+ server issued ticket, resume used.  A suitable decode list is provided
+ in the builtin macro _RESUME_DECODE for in &%listextract%& expansions.
+
+.next:
+Control:
+
+The &%tls_resumption_hosts%& main option specifies a hostlist for which
+exim, operating as a server, will offer resumption to clients.
+Current best practice is to not offer the feature to MUA connection.
+Commonly this can be done like this:
+.code
+tls_resumption_hosts = ${if inlist {$received_port}{587:465} {:}{*}}
+.endd
+If the peer host matches the list after expansion then resumption
+is offered and/or accepted.
+
+The &%tls_resumption_hosts% smtp transport option performs the
+equivalent function for operation as a client.
+If the peer host matches the list after expansion then resumption
+is attempted (if a stored session is available) or the information
+stored (if supplied by the peer).
+
+
+.next
+Issues:
+
+ In a resumed session:
+.ilist
+  The variables &$tls_{in,out}_cipher$& will have values different
+ to the original (under GnuTLS).
+.next
+  The variables &$tls_{in,out}_ocsp$& will be "not requested" or "no response",
+ and the &%hosts_require_ocsp%& smtp trasnport option will fail.
+. XXX need to do something with that hosts_require_ocsp
+.endlist
+
+.endlist
+.wen
+
 
 .section DANE "SECDANE"
 .cindex DANE
@@ -38043,6 +38164,7 @@ selection marked by asterisks:
 &`*tls_certificate_verified   `&  certificate verification status
 &`*tls_cipher                 `&  TLS cipher suite on <= and => lines
 &` tls_peerdn                 `&  TLS peer DN on <= and => lines
+&` tls_resumption             `&  append * to cipher field
 &` tls_sni                    `&  TLS SNI on <= lines
 &` unknown_in_list            `&  DNS lookup failed in list match
 
@@ -38444,6 +38566,14 @@ connection, the cipher suite used is added to the log line, preceded by X=.
 connection, and a certificate is supplied by the remote host, the peer DN is
 added to the log line, preceded by DN=.
 .next
+.cindex "log" "TLS resumption"
+.cindex "TLS" "logging session resumption"
+.new
+&%tls_resumption%&: When a message is sent or received over an encrypted
+connection and the TLS session resumed one used on a previous TCP connection,
+an asterisk is appended to the X= cipher field in the log line.
+.wen
+.next
 .cindex "log" "TLS SNI"
 .cindex "TLS" "logging SNI"
 &%tls_sni%&: When a message is received over an encrypted connection, and
@@ -38989,6 +39119,10 @@ for remote hosts
 .next
 &'ratelimit'&: the data for implementing the ratelimit ACL condition
 .next
+.new
+&'tls'&: TLS session resumption data
+.wen
+.next
 &'misc'&: other hints data
 .endlist