@techreport{lohmann-qikvrt-effect-ack-03,
    number =    {draft-lohmann-qikvrt-effect-ack-03},
    type =      {Internet-Draft},
    institution =   {Internet Engineering Task Force},
    publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force},
    note =      {Work in Progress},
    url =       {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-lohmann-qikvrt-effect-ack/03/},
    author =    {Ingolf Lohmann},
    title =     {{QIK-VRT Effect Acknowledgement: Separating Receipt from Authorization for Downstream Effect}},
    pagetotal = 24,
    year =      2026,
    month =     aug,
    day =       1,
    abstract =  {Transport acknowledgements establish technical receipt; they do not establish that a received information unit is understood, policy- compliant, or authorized to produce a downstream effect. This document defines an Experimental application-layer control record, called EFFECT\_ACK, that separates receipt from effect authorization. The protocol has five closed version-1 outcomes. Ordinary downstream release is permitted only for EFFECT\_ACK\_DONE and only after validation of the record, its policy and evidence bindings, its freshness, and its authenticated origin. This document specifies the state-selection algorithm, version handling, a deterministic JSON representation, hash chaining, timeout behavior, conformance requirements, and security and privacy boundaries. This protocol does not modify TCP, QUIC, or the OSI model; does not solve the halting problem; and does not establish the truth of external evidence. It provides a machine-checkable authorization boundary under explicitly stated deployment assumptions.},
}