[COSE] Fwd: Last Call: <draft-ietf-core-echo-request-tag-11.txt> (CoAP: Echo, Request-Tag, and Token Processing) to Proposed Standard

The Echo Option in this draft seems like it could come in handy in some
COSE scenarios.

Forwarding the last-call note here since I didn't see previous mention of
this draft on the WG list.

-Ben

On Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 10:06:28PM -0800, The IESG wrote:
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> The IESG has received a request from the Constrained RESTful Environments WG
> (core) to consider the following document: - 'CoAP: Echo, Request-Tag, and
> Token Processing'
>   <draft-ietf-core-echo-request-tag-11.txt> as Proposed Standard
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> The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits final
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> Abstract
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>    This document specifies enhancements to the Constrained Application
>    Protocol (CoAP) that mitigate security issues in particular use
>    cases.  The Echo option enables a CoAP server to verify the freshness
>    of a request or to force a client to demonstrate reachability at its
>    claimed network address.  The Request-Tag option allows the CoAP
>    server to match block-wise message fragments belonging to the same
>    request.  This document updates RFC7252 with respect to the client
>    Token processing requirements, forbidding non-secure reuse of Tokens
>    to ensure binding of response to request when CoAP is used with a
>    security protocol, and with respect to amplification mitigation,
>    where the use of Echo is now recommended.
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> The file can be obtained via
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-core-echo-request-tag/
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