Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP) Hop-Limit Option
draft-ietf-core-hop-limit-07
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From: The IESG <iesg-secretary@ietf.org> To: IETF-Announce <ietf-announce@ietf.org> Cc: The IESG <iesg@ietf.org>, draft-ietf-core-hop-limit@ietf.org, Jaime Jimenez <jaime@iki.fi>, jaime@iki.fi, core@ietf.org, alexey.melnikov@isode.com, core-chairs@ietf.org, rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org Subject: Protocol Action: 'Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP) Hop-Limit Option' to Proposed Standard (draft-ietf-core-hop-limit-07.txt) The IESG has approved the following document: - 'Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP) Hop-Limit Option' (draft-ietf-core-hop-limit-07.txt) as Proposed Standard This document is the product of the Constrained RESTful Environments Working Group. The IESG contact persons are Adam Roach, Alexey Melnikov and Barry Leiba. A URL of this Internet Draft is: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-core-hop-limit/
Technical Summary The presence of Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP) proxies may lead to infinite forwarding loops, which is undesirable. To prevent and detect such loops, this document specifies the Hop-Limit CoAP option. Working Group Summary The document has gone through multiple expert reviews and has been discussed at multiple face-to-face IETF meetings. Nothing particularly controversial about this document. Document Quality This draft is the solution to a problem raised by the DOTs WG (https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-dots-signal-channel-37). It is referred as a normative reference there. The option has already been implemented in the proprietary NCC Group DOTS. Personnel Jaime Jiménez is the document shepherd. Alexey Melnikov is the responsible Area Director.