RFC 8783 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2020

Distributed Denial-of-Service Open Threat Signaling Data Channel Specification

Overview

RFC 8783, “Distributed Denial-of-Service Open Threat Signaling Data Channel Specification”, is a Proposed Standard document published in May 2020 by M. Boucadair, T. Reddy.K. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

The document specifies a Distributed Denial-of-Service Open Threat Signaling (DOTS) data channel used for bulk exchange of data that cannot easily or appropriately communicated through the DOTS signal channel under attack conditions.

This is a companion document to "Distributed Denial-of-Service Open Threat Signaling (DOTS) Signal Channel Specification" (RFC 8782).

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

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.

Read this RFC

The canonical text of RFC 8783 is hosted at rfc-editor.org. Available in HTML,TXT,PDF,XML.

Other RFCs from 2020

Who Is Online

In total there are 263 users online: 0 registered, 253 guests and 10 bots.

Most users ever online was 5,555 on 17 Jul 2026, 3:23 am.

Bots: AhrefsBot Applebot Baiduspider Bingbot Googlebot Other Bot Other Crawler Other Spider PetalBot SemrushBot

Users active in the past 15 minutes. Total registered members: 372