@techreport{hallambaker-earl-01, number = {draft-hallambaker-earl-01}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-hallambaker-earl/01/}, author = {Phillip Hallam-Baker}, title = {{Encrypted Authenticated Resource Locator}}, pagetotal = 24, year = 2025, month = oct, day = 6, abstract = {This document describes the Encrypted Authenticated Resource Locator (EARL) URI scheme and the encoding and decoding of the associated content data. An EARL is a bearer token that allows an encrypted data object to be located, decrypted and authenticated using a compact URI form designed for human readability. A range of work factors is supported from 2\textasciicircum{}112 to 2\textasciicircum{}252. The plaintext data format consists of an initial header section containing metadata describing the payload, the payload itself and an optional section containing signature data.}, }