Design Considerations for Metadata Insertion
RFC 8165, “Design Considerations for Metadata Insertion”, is an Informational document published in May 2017 by T. Hardie. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
The IAB published RFC 7624 in response to several revelations of pervasive attacks on Internet communications. This document considers the implications of protocol designs that associate metadata with encrypted flows. In particular, it asserts that designs that share metadata only by explicit actions at the host are preferable to designs in which middleboxes insert metadata.
What “Informational” means
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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