%% You should probably cite draft-ietf-rats-epoch-markers-03 instead of this revision. @techreport{ietf-rats-epoch-markers-02, number = {draft-ietf-rats-epoch-markers-02}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-rats-epoch-markers/02/}, author = {Henk Birkholz and Thomas Fossati and Wei Pan and Carsten Bormann}, title = {{Epoch Markers}}, pagetotal = 20, year = 2025, month = oct, day = 9, abstract = {This document defines Epoch Markers as a means to establish a notion of freshness among actors in a distributed system. Epoch Markers are similar to "time ticks" and are produced and distributed by a dedicated system known as the Epoch Bell. Systems receiving Epoch Markers do not need to track freshness using their own understanding of time (e.g., via a local real-time clock). Instead, the reception of a specific Epoch Marker establishes a new epoch that is shared among all recipients. This document defines Epoch Marker types, including CBOR time tags, RFC 3161 TimeStampToken, and nonce-like structures. It also defines a CWT Claim to embed Epoch Markers in RFC 8392 CBOR Web Tokens, which serve as vehicles for signed protocol messages.}, }