The IESG has approved the following document: - 'Long-Term Archive Service Requirements ' <draft-ietf-ltans-reqs-10.txt> as an Informational RFC This document is the product of the Long-Term Archive and Notary Services Working Group. The IESG contact persons are Russ Housley and Sam Hartman. A URL of this Internet-Draft is: http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-ltans-reqs-10.txt Technical Summary There are many scenarios in which users must be able to prove the existence of data at a specific point in time and be able to demonstrate the integrity of data since that time, even when the duration from time of existence to time of demonstration spans a large period of time. Additionally, users must be able to verify signatures on digitally signed data many years after the generation of the signature. This document describes a class of long-term archive services to support such scenarios and the technical requirements for interacting with such services. Working Group Summary This document is a product of the Long-Term Archive and Notary Services (LTANS) Working Group. The document was reviewed by LTANS WG members and chairs. Protocol Quality This document does not specify a protocol. It documents the requirements for protocols and data structures that will be specified in other documents. There are at least two implementations of a protocol and a data structure that meet the requirements in this document. This document was reviewed by Russ Housley for the IESG. _______________________________________________ IETF-Announce@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce
