[rfc-dist] RFC 6920 on Naming Things with Hashes
rfc-editor at rfc-editor.org (rfc-editor at rfc-editor.org) Mon, 22 April 2013 16:16 UTC
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Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:16:44 -0700
Subject: [rfc-dist] RFC 6920 on Naming Things with Hashes
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A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 6920 Title: Naming Things with Hashes Author: S. Farrell, D. Kutscher, C. Dannewitz, B. Ohlman, A. Keranen, P. Hallam-Baker Status: Standards Track Stream: IETF Date: April 2013 Mailbox: stephen.farrell at cs.tcd.ie, kutscher at neclab.eu, cdannewitz at googlemail.com, Borje.Ohlman at ericsson.com, ari.keranen at ericsson.com, philliph at comodo.com Pages: 23 Characters: 54124 Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None I-D Tag: draft-farrell-decade-ni-10.txt URL: http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6920.txt This document defines a set of ways to identify a thing (a digital object in this case) using the output from a hash function. It specifies a new URI scheme for this purpose, a way to map these to HTTP URLs, and binary and human-speakable formats for these names. The various formats are designed to support, but not require, a strong link to the referenced object, such that the referenced object may be authenticated to the same degree as the reference to it. The reason for this work is to standardise current uses of hash outputs in URLs and to support new information-centric applications and other uses of hash outputs in protocols. This is now a Proposed Standard. STANDARDS TRACK: This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the Internet community,and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the Internet Official Protocol Standards (STD 1) for the standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. This announcement is sent to the IETF-Announce and rfc-dist lists. To subscribe or unsubscribe, see http://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce http://mailman.rfc-editor.org/mailman/listinfo/rfc-dist For searching the RFC series, see http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfcsearch.html. For downloading RFCs, see http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc.html. Requests for special distribution should be addressed to either the author of the RFC in question, or to rfc-editor at rfc-editor.org. Unless specifically noted otherwise on the RFC itself, all RFCs are for unlimited distribution. The RFC Editor Team Association Management Solutions, LLC
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