RFC 7378 · INFORMATIONAL · 2014

Trustworthy Location

Overview

RFC 7378, “Trustworthy Location”, is an Informational document published in December 2014 by H. Tschofenig, H. Schulzrinne, B. Aboba. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

The trustworthiness of location information is critically important for some location-based applications, such as emergency calling or roadside assistance.

This document describes threats to conveying location, particularly for emergency calls, and describes techniques that improve the reliability and security of location information. It also provides guidelines for assessing the trustworthiness of location information.

Abstract as published in the RFC, via rfc-editor.org.

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Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.

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