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Voluntary Application Server Identification (VAPID) for Web Push
RFC 8292

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2017-11-29
(System) IANA registries were updated to include RFC8292
2017-11-29
(System)
Received changes through RFC Editor sync (created alias RFC 8292, changed abstract to 'An application server can use the Voluntary Application Server Identification (VAPID) …
Received changes through RFC Editor sync (created alias RFC 8292, changed abstract to 'An application server can use the Voluntary Application Server Identification (VAPID) method described in this document to voluntarily identify itself to a push service.  The "vapid" authentication scheme allows a client to include its identity in a signed token with requests that it makes.  The signature can be used by the push service to attribute requests that are made by the same application server to a single entity.  The identification information can allow the operator of a push service to contact the operator of the application server.  The signature can be used to restrict the use of a push message subscription to a single application server.', changed standardization level to Proposed Standard, changed state to RFC, added RFC published event at 2017-11-29, changed IESG state to RFC Published)
2017-11-29
(System) RFC published