Re: [core] RFC9177 vs RFC7959

Carsten Bormann <cabo@tzi.org> Thu, 23 June 2022 17:01 UTC

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Subject: Re: [core] RFC9177 vs RFC7959
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On 2022-06-23, at 18:58, Michael Richardson <mcr+ietf@sandelman.ca> wrote:
> 
> Signed PGP part
> 
> I was just updating some documentation for a CoAP library.
> Replacing I-D names with RFCs.
> 
> Why doesn't RFC9177 Update (as in "See Also") RFC7959?

Because it doesn’t.

It is an alternative set of CoAP options to those defined in RFC 7959.
It is intended for certain very specifically circumscribed use cases.
(Robust == DDoS-busting.)

> RFC7959:Blockwise Transfer https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7959
> RFC9177:Block-Wise Transfer Options Supporting Robust Transmission
> https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9177

Grüße, Carsten