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DNS over CoAP (DoC)
draft-ietf-core-dns-over-coap-20

Approval announcement
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Announcement

From: The IESG <iesg-secretary@ietf.org>
To: IETF-Announce <ietf-announce@ietf.org>
Cc: The IESG <iesg@ietf.org>, core-chairs@ietf.org, core@ietf.org, draft-ietf-core-dns-over-coap@ietf.org, marco.tiloca@ri.se, mbishop@evequefou.be, rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org
Subject: Protocol Action: 'DNS over CoAP (DoC)' to Proposed Standard (draft-ietf-core-dns-over-coap-19.txt)

The IESG has approved the following document:
- 'DNS over CoAP (DoC)'
  (draft-ietf-core-dns-over-coap-19.txt) as Proposed Standard

This document is the product of the Constrained RESTful Environments Working
Group.

The IESG contact persons are Gorry Fairhurst and Mike Bishop.

A URL of this Internet-Draft is:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-core-dns-over-coap/


Ballot Text

Technical Summary

   This document defines a protocol for exchanging DNS messages over the
   Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP).  These CoAP messages can be
   protected by (D)TLS-Secured CoAP (CoAPS) or Object Security for Constrained
   RESTful Environments (OSCORE) to provide encrypted DNS message exchange for
   constrained devices in the Internet of Things (IoT).

Working Group Summary

   The WG has reached broad agreement and strong consensus on this document,
   with little controversy.

Document Quality

   There are two known implementations, whose status is described in the
   document (see Section 7).

   There is a close interaction between the protocol specified in this document
   and the DNS ecosystem. The document has notably received reviews from DNS
   experts, including Ben Schwartz and Tim Wicinski, both as early DNSDir
   reviews and during Last Call.

Personnel

   The Document Shepherd for this document is Marco Tiloca. The Responsible Area
   Director is Mike Bishop.

RFC Editor Note