A Reputation Query Protocol
RFC 7072
| Document | Type | RFC - Proposed Standard (November 2013; No errata) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Authors | Nathaniel Borenstein , Murray Kucherawy | ||
| Last updated | 2015-10-14 | ||
| Replaces | draft-kucherawy-reputation-query-http | ||
| Stream | Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) | ||
| Formats | plain text html pdf htmlized (tools) htmlized bibtex | ||
| Reviews | |||
| Stream | WG state | Submitted to IESG for Publication | |
| Document shepherd | Dave Crocker | ||
| Shepherd write-up | Show (last changed 2013-05-25) | ||
| IESG | IESG state | RFC 7072 (Proposed Standard) | |
| Action Holders |
(None)
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| Consensus Boilerplate | Unknown | ||
| Telechat date | |||
| Responsible AD | Pete Resnick | ||
| IESG note | Suggest reading -model first. | ||
| Send notices to | (None) | ||
| IANA | IANA review state | Version Changed - Review Needed | |
| IANA action state | RFC-Ed-Ack | ||
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) N. Borenstein
Request for Comments: 7072 Mimecast
Category: Standards Track M. Kucherawy
ISSN: 2070-1721 November 2013
A Reputation Query Protocol
Abstract
This document defines a mechanism to conduct queries for reputation
information over the HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) using
JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) as the payload meta-format.
Status of This Memo
This is an Internet Standards Track document.
This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force
(IETF). It represents the consensus of the IETF community. It has
received public review and has been approved for publication by the
Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). Further information on
Internet Standards is available in Section 2 of RFC 5741.
Information about the current status of this document, any errata,
and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at
http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7072.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction ....................................................2
2. Terminology and Definitions .....................................2
2.1. Key Words ..................................................2
2.2. Other Definitions ..........................................3
3. Description .....................................................3
3.1. Overview ...................................................3
3.2. URI Template ...............................................3
3.3. Syntax .....................................................4
3.4. Response ...................................................6
3.5. Protocol Support ...........................................6
4. IANA Considerations .............................................7
5. Security Considerations .........................................7
6. References ......................................................8
6.1. Normative References .......................................8
6.2. Informative References .....................................8
Appendix A. Acknowledgements .......................................9
1. Introduction
This document defines a method to query a reputation data service for
information about an entity, using the HyperText Transfer Protocol
(HTTP) as the transport mechanism and JSON as the payload meta-
format.
The mechanism is a two-stage query:
1. A client retrieves a template from a server that describes the
construction of a Universal Resource Identifier (URI) that will
be the actual query;
2. The client then uses the constructed URI to request the
reputation data from the server.
2. Terminology and Definitions
This section defines terms used in the rest of the document.
2.1. Key Words
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
document are to be interpreted as described in [KEYWORDS].
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2.2. Other Definitions
Other terms of importance in this document are defined in [RFC7070]
and [RFC7071].
3. Description
3.1. Overview
The components to the question being asked are the following:
o The subject of the query;
o The name of the host, or the IP address, at which the reputation
service is available;
o The name of the reputation application, i.e., the context within
which the subject is being evaluated;
o Optionally, names of the specific reputation assertions or
attributes that are being requested.
There is no discovery protocol for finding reputation services.
These are typically subscription services, negotiated between
operators through some out-of-band method.
Assertions are discussed in [RFC7071].
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