[core] [Errata Rejected] RFC7252 (5284)

RFC Errata System <rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org> Wed, 18 January 2023 09:27 UTC

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Subject: [core] [Errata Rejected] RFC7252 (5284)
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The following errata report has been rejected for RFC7252,
"The Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP)".

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You may review the report below and at:
https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/eid5284

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Status: Rejected
Type: Technical

Reported by: Mohamed Boucadair <mohamed.boucadair@orange.com>
Date Reported: 2018-03-09
Rejected by: Francesca Palombini (IESG)

Section: 5.3.1

Original Text
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The client SHOULD generate tokens in such a way that tokens currently
in use for a given source/destination endpoint pair are unique.

Corrected Text
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The client SHOULD generate tokens in such a way that tokens currently
in use for a given source/destination endpoint pair are unique per
request.

Notes
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Multiple requests may be active for a given source/destination
endpoint pair.  The OLD text is thus broken.

The NEW text is aligned with the definition of the Token:

  A token is intended for use as a client-local identifier for
  differentiating between concurrent requests (see Section 5.3); it
  could have been called a "request ID".

Further, using the same token for a given source/destination endpoint
pair have some implications, for example, for applications which
require the support of multiple observe queries because RFC7641
states the following:

   The entry in the list of observers is keyed by the client endpoint
    and the token specified by the client in the request.  If an entry
    with a matching endpoint/token pair is already present in the list
    (which, for example, happens when the client wishes to reinforce
    its interest in a resource), the server MUST NOT add a new entry
    but MUST replace or update the existing one.
 --VERIFIER NOTES-- 
After discussing with the working group, it was agreed that the original text is correct and that the addition is redundant and does not help clarify it.

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RFC7252 (draft-ietf-core-coap-18)
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Title               : The Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP)
Publication Date    : June 2014
Author(s)           : Z. Shelby, K. Hartke, C. Bormann
Category            : PROPOSED STANDARD
Source              : Constrained RESTful Environments APP
Area                : Applications
Stream              : IETF
Verifying Party     : IESG