RFC 8323: CoAP (Constrained Application Protocol) over TCP, TLS, and WebSockets

The Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP), although inspired by HTTP, was designed to use UDP instead of TCP. The message layer of CoAP over UDP includes…

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Outgoing relationships (16 related RFCs)

Updates — RFC 7959: Block-Wise Transfers in the Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP)
Updates — RFC 7641: Observing Resources in the Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP)
Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 5246: The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol Version 1.2
Normative reference — RFC 3986: Uniform Resource Identifier (URI): Generic Syntax
Normative reference — RFC 8126: Guidelines for Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs
Normative reference — RFC 793: Transmission Control Protocol
Normative reference — RFC 6066: Transport Layer Security (TLS) Extensions: Extension Definitions
Normative reference — RFC 7525: Recommendations for Secure Use of Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS)
Normative reference — RFC 7595: Guidelines and Registration Procedures for URI Schemes
Normative reference — RFC 7925: Transport Layer Security (TLS) / Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS) Profiles for the Internet of Things
Informative reference — RFC 768: User Datagram Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 6347: Datagram Transport Layer Security Version 1.2
Informative reference — RFC 7230: Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Message Syntax and Routing
Informative reference — RFC 6335: Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Procedures for the Management of the Service Name and Transport Protocol Port Number Registry
Informative reference — RFC 7540: Hypertext Transfer Protocol Version 2 (HTTP/2)

Incoming relationships (9 related RFCs)

Updated by, Normatively referenced by — RFC 8974: Extended Tokens and Stateless Clients in the Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9132: Distributed Denial-of-Service Open Threat Signaling (DOTS) Signal Channel Specification
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8782: Distributed Denial-of-Service Open Threat Signaling (DOTS) Signal Channel Specification
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9362: Distributed Denial-of-Service Open Threat Signaling (DOTS) Signal Channel Configuration Attributes for Robust Block Transmission
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9953: DNS over CoAP (DoC)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9820: Authentication Service Based on the Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) for Use with the Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9482: Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP) Transfer for the Certificate Management Protocol
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9952: Application-Layer Protocol Negotiation (ALPN) ID for CoAP over DTLS
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9006: TCP Usage Guidance in the Internet of Things (IoT)