RFC 7970 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2016

The Incident Object Description Exchange Format Version 2

Overview

RFC 7970, “The Incident Object Description Exchange Format Version 2”, is a Proposed Standard document published in November 2016 by R. Danyliw. It obsoletes RFC 5070, RFC 6685. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

The Incident Object Description Exchange Format (IODEF) defines a data representation for security incident reports and indicators commonly exchanged by operational security teams for mitigation and watch and warning. This document describes an updated information model for the IODEF and provides an associated data model specified with the XML schema. This new information and data model obsoletes RFCs 5070 and 6685.

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What “Proposed Standard” means

An entry-level standards-track specification: stable, peer-reviewed and a solid basis for implementation, though it may still evolve before becoming an Internet Standard.

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Relationships to other RFCs
This RFC obsoletes
RFC 5070 RFC 6685
Other RFCs from 2016

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