A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 8226 Title: Secure Telephone Identity Credentials: Certificates Author: J. Peterson, S. Turner Status: Standards Track Stream: IETF Date: February 2018 Mailbox: jon.peterson@neustar.biz, sean@sn3rd.com Pages: 24 Characters: 54838 Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None I-D Tag: draft-ietf-stir-certificates-17.txt URL: https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8226 DOI: 10.17487/RFC8226 In order to prevent the impersonation of telephone numbers on the Internet, some kind of credential system needs to exist that cryptographically asserts authority over telephone numbers. This document describes the use of certificates in establishing authority over telephone numbers, as a component of a broader architecture for managing telephone numbers as identities in protocols like SIP. This document is a product of the Secure Telephone Identity Revisited Working Group of the IETF. This is now a Proposed Standard. STANDARDS TRACK: This document specifies an Internet Standards Track protocol for the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the Official Internet Protocol Standards (https://www.rfc-editor.org/standards) for the standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. This announcement is sent to the IETF-Announce and rfc-dist lists. To subscribe or unsubscribe, see https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce https://mailman.rfc-editor.org/mailman/listinfo/rfc-dist For searching the RFC series, see https://www.rfc-editor.org/search For downloading RFCs, see https://www.rfc-editor.org/retrieve/bulk Requests for special distribution should be addressed to either the author of the RFC in question, or to rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org. Unless specifically noted otherwise on the RFC itself, all RFCs are for unlimited distribution. The RFC Editor Team Association Management Solutions, LLC