Long-Term Archive Service Requirements
draft-ietf-ltans-reqs-10

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From: The IESG <iesg-secretary@ietf.org>
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Subject: Document Action: 'Long-Term Archive Service 
         Requirements' to Informational RFC 

The IESG has approved the following document:

- 'Long-Term Archive Service Requirements '
   <draft-ietf-ltans-reqs-11.txt> as an Informational RFC

This document is the product of the Long-Term Archive and Notary Services 
Working Group. 

The IESG contact persons are Russ Housley and Tim Polk.

A URL of this Internet-Draft is:
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-ltans-reqs-11.txt

Ballot Text

Technical Summary

  There are many scenarios in which users must be able to prove the
  existence of data at a specific point in time and be able to
  demonstrate the integrity of data since that time, even when the
  duration from time of existence to time of demonstration spans a large
  period of time.  Additionally, users must be able to verify signatures
  on digitally signed data many years after the generation of the
  signature.  This document describes a class of long-term archive
  services to support such scenarios and the technical requirements for
  interacting with such services.

Working Group Summary

  This document is a product of the Long-Term Archive and Notary
  Services (LTANS) Working Group.  The document was reviewed by LTANS WG
  members and chairs.

Protocol Quality

  This document does not specify a protocol.  It documents the
  requirements for protocols and data structures that will be specified
  in other documents.  There are at least two implementations of a
  protocol and a data structure that meet the requirements in this
  document.

  This document was reviewed by Russ Housley for the IESG.

RFC Editor Note