[core] Disclosing Implementation Information: draft-bormann-t2trg-rel-impl-01.txt

In 2018, we had a discussion about providing self-description information that tells a client something about the implementation (and version) of the server.  So I wrote a brief draft, and I seem to remember everybody nodded, but it wasn’t quite clear whether that was because they agreed or because they fell asleep.

By now, it has become more clear that disclosure of implementation information can be quite useful.  Actually, we already have RFC 8520 (MUD) for some very specific information of this kind.  A more free-form version still seems useful, and can use Web Linking (RFC 8288) and Link-Format (RFC 6690) so the specification itself is quite minimal.

So I have added some security considerations (pointing out, among other things, that this disclosure is not always desirable) and cleaned up the text a bit.  See links below.

Comments (+1, -1, or actual text) would be welcome, both from T2TRG and from CoRE.  It seems the CoRE working group might want to consider working group adoption of this draft or a next version, at which time it would transition from the RG context to the WG.

Grüße, Carsten

> On 2020-03-27, at 16:58, internet-drafts@ietf.org wrote:
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> A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts directories.
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> Title           : impl-info: A link relation type for disclosing implementation information
> Author          : Carsten Bormann
> Filename        : draft-bormann-t2trg-rel-impl-01.txt
> Pages           : 4
> Date            : 2020-03-27
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> Abstract:
>   For debugging, it is often helpful to have information about the
>   implementation of a peer.  The present specification defines a link
>   relation type, "impl-info", that can be used to convey such
>   information via self-description, such as in the "/.well-known/core"
>   resource.
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